Detections
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PostNuke < 0.760 RC3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2662
Synopsis
The remote web server contains a script that is vulnerable to a SQL injection attack.Description
The remote host is running PostNuke version 0.760 RC2 or older. Theseversions suffer from several vulnerabilities, among them :
*) SQL injection vulnerability in the News, NS-Polls and
NS-AddStory modules.
*) SQL injection vulnerability in the Downloads module.
*)Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in the Downloads
module.
*) Possible path disclosure vulnerability in the News module.
An attacker may use the SQL injection vulnerabilities to obtain the
password hash for the administrator or to corrupt the
database used by PostNuke.
Exploiting the XSS flaws may enable an attacker to inject arbitrary
script code into the browser of site administrators leading to
disclosure of session cookies.
Solution
Upgrade to version 0.760 RC3 or higher.See Also
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-02/0471.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 2662
Family: CGI
Published: 3/2/2005
Updated: 3/6/2019
Nessus ID: 17240
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.3
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:postnuke_software_foundation:postnuke