PHP-Nuke paBox Module Hidden Parameter XSS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2702

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to an HTML injection attack.

Description

The remote host is running paBox, a web application written in PHP. This version of paBox is vulnerable to a remote HTML/script injection flaw. An attacker exploiting this flaw would only need to be able to send HTTP requests to the vulnerable application. A successful exploit would result in potential theft of confidential data (configuration data, browser cookies, and more) or browser-side code execution.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/393156

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 2702

Family: CGI

Published: 3/14/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 17336

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:php_arena:pabox

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0674

BID: 12719, 12796