Apache Roller q Parameter XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35299

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is running Apache Roller, a multi-user blog server written in Java.

The version of Apache Roller installed on the remote host fails to sanitize user input to the 'q' parameter of search requests before including it in dynamic HTML output. An attacker may be able to leverage this issue to inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context of the affected site.

Solution

Apply the code fix referenced in revision 668737 from the Subversion repository.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?75c214e4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35299

File Name: apache_roller_q_xss.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: remote

Published: 1/7/2009

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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:apache:roller

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-6879

BID: 33110

CWE: 79

SECUNIA: 31523