ht://dig htsearch sort Parameter XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 28334

Language:

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a CGI script affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Description

The htsearch CGI script is accessible through the remote web server. htsearch is a component of ht://Dig used to index and search documents such as web pages.

The version of htsearch installed on the remote host fails to sanitize user-supplied input to the 'sort' parameter before using it to generate dynamic output. An unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to inject arbitrary HTML or script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 28334

File Name: htsearch_sort_xss.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses : XSS

Published: 11/28/2007

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

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

CPE: cpe:/a:htdig:htdig

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6110

BID: 26610

CWE: 79

Detections

Analytics