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FreeBSD : awstats -- multiple XSS vulnerabilities (27d78386-d35f-11dd-b800-001b77d09812)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35290
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
Secunia reports :Morgan Todd has discovered a vulnerability in AWStats, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed in the URL to awstats.pl 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.
Successful exploitation requires that the application is running as a CGI script.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35290
File Name: freebsd_pkg_27d78386d35f11ddb800001b77d09812.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 1/5/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:awstats, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:awstats-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 1/4/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3714, CVE-2008-5080