Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (stored) in SPIP before 3.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string, as demonstrated by a PGP field, related to prive/objets/contenu/auteur.html and ecrire/inc/texte_mini.php.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (stored) in SPIP before 3.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject     arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted string, as demonstrated by a PGP field, related to     prive/objets/contenu/auteur.html and ecrire/inc/texte_mini.php. (CVE-2017-15736)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4536-1 advisory.

    Youssouf Boulouiz discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled login error messages. A remote attacker could     potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2019-16392)

    Gilles Vincent discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled password reset requests. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause SPIP to enumerate registered users. (CVE-2019-16394)

    Guillaume Fahrner discovered that SPIP did not properly sanitize input. A remote authenticated attacker     could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on the host server. (CVE-2019-11071)

    Sylvain Lefevre discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled user authorization. A remote attacker could     possibly use this issue to modify and publish content and modify the database. (CVE-2019-16391)

    It was discovered that SPIP did not properly sanitize input. A remote attacker could, through cross-site     scripting (XSS) and PHP injection, exploit this to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. (CVE-2017-15736)

    Alexis Zucca discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled the media plugin. A remote authenticated attacker     could possibly use this issue to write to the database. (CVE-2019-19830)

    Christophe Laffont discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled redirect URLs. An attacker could use this     issue to cause SPIP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2019-16393)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Several vulnerabilities were found in SPIP, a website engine for publishing, resulting in cross-site scripting and PHP injection.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
259463	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-15736	Nessus	Misc.	medium
140786	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : SPIP vulnerabilities (USN-4536-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
110537	Debian DSA-4228-1 : spip - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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