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FreeBSD : pligg -- XSS and Cross-Site Request Forgery (bec38383-e6cb-11de-bdd4-000c2930e89b)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 43127

Synopsis

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

Description

secunia reports :

Russ McRee has discovered some vulnerabilities in Pligg, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting and request forgery attacks.

Input passed via the 'Referer' HTTP header to various scripts (e.g.
admin/admin_config.php, admin/admin_modules.php, delete.php, editlink.php, submit.php, submit_groups.php, user_add_remove_links.php, and user_settings.php) is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the requests. This can be exploited to e.g. create an arbitrary user with administrative privileges if a logged-in administrative user visits a malicious website.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?784657d2

http://www.nessus.org/u?13e01251

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 43127

File Name: freebsd_pkg_bec38383e6cb11debdd4000c2930e89b.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 12/14/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4786, CVE-2009-4787, CVE-2009-4788

Secunia: 37349