Sympa < 4.1.3 List Creation Description Field XSS

low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2119

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running wwsympa.fcgi, a web interface for the Sympa mailing list manager. It is reported that this version of Sympa may permit an attacker to inject malicious HTML in "List Info" page through the description field of the list creation form. This field is not sanitized properly by the CGI.

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.1.3 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 2119

Family: CGI

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 14323

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:U/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:sympa:sympa

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1735

BID: 10992

Detections

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