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Apache Struts 2 struts2-showcase edit-person.action Persistent XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 60096
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Synopsis
A remote web application is affected by a persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability.Description
The remote web server hosts struts2-showcase, a demonstration application for the Struts 2 framework. Input passed via the 'name' and 'lastName' parameters to 'edit-person.action' is not properly sanitized, which can allow for arbitrary HTML and script code to be loaded onto the system and executed when a user visits 'list-people.action'.Solution
Remove or restrict access to the Struts2-showcase application.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 60096
File Name: struts_showcase_xss.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 7/23/2012
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
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
CPE: cpe:/a:apache:struts
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-1006
BID: 51902