DasBlog Activity / Event Viewer Multiple HTTP Header XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14639

Synopsis

The remote web application has multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host is running dasBlog, a .NET blog system. According to its version number, it is vulnerable to multiple cross-site scripting issues. It is reported that versions up to and including 1.6.0 are vulnerable.

The application does not sanitize the Referer and User-Agent HTTP headers. An attacker could use this to trick a user into executing arbitrary script code in the context of the web server.

Solution

Apply the vendor patch referenced in the advisory.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f2429b2e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14639

File Name: dasblog_xss.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Published: 9/2/2004

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1657

BID: 11086

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990

Secunia: 12416