Detections
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phpGroupWare index.php Calendar Date XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 16138
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by several cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.Description
The version of PhpGroupWare on the remote host is reportedly affected by HTML injection vulnerabilities that present themselves due to a lack of sufficient input validation performed on form fields used by PhpGroupWare modules.A malicious attacker may exploit these issues to inject arbitrary HTML and script code using these form fields that then may be incorporated into dynamically-generated web content.
Solution
Update to version 0.9.16 RC3 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 16138
File Name: phpgroupware_html_injection2.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 1/12/2005
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
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:phpgroupware:phpgroupware
Required KB Items: www/PHP, www/phpGroupWare
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2004
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2004-2574
BID: 12082