phpGroupWare Main Screen Message Body XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19754

Synopsis

A remote web application is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Description

The remote host seems to be running PhpGroupWare, a multi-user groupware suite written in PHP.

This version is vulnerable to script injection, whereby a malicious admin can inject script code into the main screen message.

Solution

Update to version 0.9.16.007 or newer.

See Also

https://www.phpgroupware.org/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19754

File Name: phpgroupware_message_script_inject.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Published: 9/19/2005

Updated: 6/4/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

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

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2761

BID: 14724

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