CuteNews 1.4.5 Multiple Script XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23775

Synopsis

The remote web server contains PHP scripts that is affected by a cross-site scripting issue.

Description

The version of CuteNews installed on the remote host fails to sanitize input to the 'index.php', 'search.php', 'rss.php' and 'show_news.php' scripts before using it to generate dynamic HTML to be returned to the user. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit these issues to execute a cross-site scripting attack.

This version of CuteNews is also likely affected by other associated issues.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2006/Nov/418

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23775

File Name: cutenews_145_xss.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: remote

Published: 12/7/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/cutenews

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/21/2006

Reference Information

BID: 21233

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