# This script was written by David Maciejak # based on work from # (C) Tenable Network Security # # Ref: Debasis Mohanty # # This script is released under the GNU GPLv2 if(description) { script_id(14318); script_bugtraq_id(10948); if (defined_func("script_xref")) { script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"8833"); } script_version ("$Revision: 1.10 $"); name["english"] = "CuteNews XSS"; script_name(english:name["english"]); desc["english"] = " CuteNews is installed on this remote host. According to it's version number, this host is vulnerable to a cross-site-scripting (XSS) attack. An attacker, exploiting this flaw, would need to be able to coerce a user to browse to a purposefully malicious URI. Upon successful exploitation, the attacker would be able to run code within the web-browser in the security context of the CuteNews server. Solution : Upgrade to CuteNews v1.3.2 or newer Risk factor : Medium"; script_description(english:desc["english"]); summary["english"] = "Checks for the presence of show_archives.php"; script_summary(english:summary["english"]); script_category(ACT_ATTACK); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak"); family["english"] = "CGI abuses : XSS"; script_family(english:family["english"]); script_dependencie("cutenews_detect.nasl", "http_version.nasl", "cross_site_scripting.nasl"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } # # The script code starts here # include("http_func.inc"); include("http_keepalive.inc"); port = get_http_port(default:80); if(!get_port_state(port)) exit(0); if ( get_kb_item("www/" + port + "/generic_xss") ) exit(0); if(!can_host_php(port:port)) exit(0); # Test an install. install = get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/cutenews")); if (isnull(install)) exit(0); matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$"); if (!isnull(matches)) { loc = matches[2]; req = http_get(item:string(loc, "/show_archives.php?archive=&subaction=list-archive&"), port:port); r = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req, bodyonly:1); if( r == NULL ) exit(0); if(egrep(pattern:"", string:r)) { security_warning(port); exit(0); } }