PHP-Fusion <= 6.00.105 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19232

Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of PHP-Fusion that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- An Information Disclosure Vulnerability PHP Fusion stores database backups in a known location within the web server's documents directory. An attacker may be able to retrieve these backups and obtain password hashes or other sensitive information from the database.

- Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities An attacker can inject malicious HTML and script code into the 'news_body', 'article_description', and the 'article_body' parameters when submitting news or an article.

Solution

Upgrade to PHP-Fusion 6.00.106 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?43d55c3f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19232

File Name: php_fusion_6_00_105.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/20/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php_fusion:php_fusion

Required KB Items: www/php_fusion, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2074, CVE-2005-2075

BID: 14066

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