FreeBSD : postnuke -- XSS (XSS) vulnerabilities (7e580822-8cd8-11d9-8c81-000a95bc6fae)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18999

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability is present in the PostNuke PHP content management system. By passing data injected through exploitable errors in input validation, an attacker can insert code which will run on the machine of anybody viewing the page. It is feasible that this attack could be used to retrieve session information from cookies, thereby allowing the attacker to gain administrative access to the CMS.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18999

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7e5808228cd811d98c81000a95bc6fae.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postnuke, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0616

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