Websense Reporting Tools WsCgiLogin.exe username Parameter XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29306

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running Websense, a commercial suite of web filtering products.

The remote instance of Websense fails to sanitize user input to the 'UserName' parameter of the 'Websense/cgi-bin/WsCgiLogin.exe' script before using it to generate dynamic content. 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

Apply the Hotfix referenced in the vendor advisory above.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29306

File Name: websense_username_xss.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: Remote

Family: CGI abuses : XSS

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6312

BID: 26793

CWE: 79

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