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Twiki < 4.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 4780

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.

Description

The remote host is running the TWiki web application. This version of TWiki is vulnerable to a content-parsing flaw. An attacker exploiting this flaw would send commands to the TWiki application within backticks. Upon being parsed, the commands would be executed on the remote server with the permissions of the web process. This version of TWiki is also vulnerable to a flaw where users can execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

See Also

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32668

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 4780

Family: CGI

Published: 12/8/2008

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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: 6.8

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:twiki:twiki

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5304, CVE-2008-5305

BID: 32668, 32669