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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14823 |
Category: | Web application abuses |
Title: | ViewCVS XSS |
Summary: | The remote host seems to be running ViewCVS, an open source CGI written in; python designed to access CVS directories using a web interface.;; The remote version of this software is vulnerable to many cross-site scripting; flaws though the script 'viewcvs'.;; Using a specially crafted URL, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution; for third party users, thus resulting in a loss of integrity of their system. |
Description: | Summary: The remote host seems to be running ViewCVS, an open source CGI written in python designed to access CVS directories using a web interface. The remote version of this software is vulnerable to many cross-site scripting flaws though the script 'viewcvs'. Using a specially crafted URL, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution for third party users, thus resulting in a loss of integrity of their system. Solution: Update to the latest version of this software CVSS Score: 6.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-0771 BugTraq ID: 4818 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4818 Bugtraq: 20020518 cross-site scripting bug of ViewCVS (Google Search) http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0161.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9112.php |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak |
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