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sphpblog search.php q Parameter XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18048

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Synopsis

The remote web application is vulnerable to an injection attack.

Description

Due to a lack of input validation, the remote version of Simple PHP Blog can be used to perform a cross-site scripting attack by injecting arbitrary script code to the 'q' parameter of the search.php script.

Solution

Upgrade to a newer version or disable this software.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Apr/232

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18048

File Name: sphpblog_xss.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: remote

Published: 4/14/2005

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

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

Required KB Items: www/sphpblog

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1135

BID: 13170

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990