OpenCA Client System Browser Form Input Field XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14700

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application that is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The remote host seems to be running an older version of OpenCA.

It is reported that OpenCA versions up to and including 0.9.2-RC2 are affected by an HTML injection vulnerability when processing user input to the web form frontend. This issue may permit an attacker to execute hostile HTML code in the security context of the affected application.

Solution

Upgrade to the newest version of this software.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14700

File Name: openca_html_injection.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses : XSS

Published: 9/9/2004

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0787

BID: 11113

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

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