FreeBSD : fswiki -- XSS problem in file upload form (84479a62-ca5f-11d9-b772-000c29b00e99)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19011

Synopsis

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

Description

A Secunia security advisory reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in FreeStyle Wiki and FSWikiLite, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.

Input passed in uploaded attachments is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious attachment is viewed.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19011

File Name: freebsd_pkg_84479a62ca5f11d9b772000c29b00e99.nasl

Version: 1.19

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:fswiki, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/29/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1799

Secunia: 15538

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