FreeBSD : phpSysInfo -- XSS vulnerability (50457509-d05e-11d9-9aed-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21428

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A Securityreason.com advisory reports that various cross site scripting vulnerabilities have been found in phpSysInfo. Input is not properly sanitised before it is returned to the user. A malicious person could exploit this to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a users browser session. Also it is possible to view the full path of certain scripts by accessing them directly.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111161017209422

http://www.nessus.org/u?74e739d3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21428

File Name: freebsd_pkg_50457509d05e11d99aed000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:phpsysinfo, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0869, CVE-2005-0870

BID: 12887