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FreeBSD : phpmyfaq -- XSS vulnerabilities (99021f88-ca3c-11df-be21-00e018aa7788)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49730

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Synopsis

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

Description

The phpMyFAQ project reports :

The phpMyFAQ Team has learned of a security issue that has been discovered in phpMyFAQ 2.6.x: phpMyFAQ doesn't sanitize some variables in different pages correctly. With a properly crafted URL it is e.g.
possible to inject JavaScript code into the output of a page, which could result in the leakage of domain cookies (f.e. session identifiers)..

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=151055

https://www.phpmyfaq.de/news/28

http://www.nessus.org/u?1334f496

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49730

File Name: freebsd_pkg_99021f88ca3c11dfbe2100e018aa7788.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 10/6/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2010