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CGI Generic XSS (persistent)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 42425
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Synopsis
A CGI application hosted on the remote web server is potentially prone to cross-site scripting attack.Description
The remote web server hosts one or more CGI scripts that fail to adequately sanitize request strings containing malicious JavaScript. By leveraging this issue, an attacker may be able to cause arbitrary HTML and script code to be executed in a user's browser within the security context of the affected site.These issues are likely to be 'persistent' or 'stored', but this aspect should be checked manually. Please note that persistent cross-site scripting can be triggered by any channel that provides information to the application. Nessus cannot test them all.
Solution
Restrict access to the vulnerable application or contact the vendor for a patch or upgrade.See Also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_site_scripting#Persistent
http://projects.webappsec.org/w/page/13246920/Cross%20Site%20Scripting
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 42425
File Name: torture_cgi_persistent_XSS.nasl
Version: 1.44
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 11/6/2009
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Settings/enable_web_app_tests