# # Script by Noam Rathaus GPLv2 # # Interspire ArticleLive 2005 (php version) XSS vulnerability # mircia # 2005-03-24 14:54 if(description) { script_id(17612); script_version("$Revision: 1.1 $"); script_bugtraq_id(12879); name["english"] = "Interspire ArticleLive 2005 XSS Vulnerability"; script_name(english:name["english"]); desc["english"] = " The remote host is running ArticleLive, a set of CGIs designed to simplify the management of a news site. Due to improper filtering done by the script 'newcomment' remote attacker can cause the ArticleLive product to include arbitrary HTML and/or JavaScript, and therefore use the remote host to perform cross-site scripting attacks. Solution : Upgrade to the newest version of this software Risk factor: Medium"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); summary["english"] = "Checks for the presence of a ArticleLive XSS"; script_summary(english:summary["english"]); script_category(ACT_ATTACK); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Noam Rathaus"); family["english"] = "CGI abuses : XSS"; script_family(english:family["english"]); script_dependencie("find_service.nes", "cross_site_scripting.nasl", "http_version.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } # # The script code starts here # include("http_func.inc"); include("http_keepalive.inc"); port = get_http_port(default:80); if(!get_port_state(port))exit(0); if(!can_host_php(port:port))exit(0); if ( get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/generic_xss")) ) exit(0); function check(loc) { req = http_get(item: string(loc, '/newcomment/?ArticleId=">'), port:port); r = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req, bodyonly:1); if( r == NULL )exit(0); if('value="">"' >< r) { security_warning(port); exit(0); } } foreach dir ( cgi_dirs() ) { check(loc:dir); }