FreeBSD : geeklog xss vulnerability (60e1792b-c380-11dc-821a-000bcdc1757a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29990

Synopsis

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

Description

Geeklog reports :

MustLive pointed out a possible XSS in the form to email an article to a friend that we're fixing with this release.

Please note that this problem only exists in Geeklog 1.4.0 - neither Geeklog 1.4.1 nor any older versions (1.3.x series) have that problem.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.geeklog.net/article.php/geeklog-1.4.0sr6

http://www.nessus.org/u?fcd4bb99

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29990

File Name: freebsd_pkg_60e1792bc38011dc821a000bcdc1757a.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3756

CWE: 79