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A vulnerability was found in Cherokee httpd up to 0.4.7 (Web Server). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Error Page. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Cherokee before 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URL, which is not properly quoted in the resulting error page.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2004. The weakness was presented 01/26/2004 by César Fernández (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.alobbs.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2171 since 07/10/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15618 (Cherokee Web Server Error Page XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 0.4.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (14936) and Tenable (15618).

Productinfo

Type

• Web Server

Vendor

• Cherokee

Name

• httpd

Version

• 0.1
• 0.1.5
• 0.1.6
• 0.2
• 0.2.5
• 0.2.6
• 0.2.7
• 0.4.6
• 0.4.7

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 15618
Nessus Name: Cherokee Web Server Error Page XSS
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 15618
OpenVAS Name: Cross-Site Scripting in Cherokee Error Pages
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: httpd 0.4.8

Timelineinfo

01/26/2004 🔍
01/26/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/26/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/26/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/26/2004 +0 days 🔍
11/03/2004 +281 days 🔍
11/08/2004 +5 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +53 days 🔍
07/10/2005 +191 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3529 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1549 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.alobbs.com
Researcher: César Fernández
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2171 (🔍)
X-Force: 14936
Vulnerability Center: 5734 - XSS in Cherokee < 0.4.8 via URL Request, Medium
SecurityFocus: 9496 - Cherokee Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 10701
OSVDB: 3707 - Cherokee Web Server Error Page XSS

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 06/05/2019 09:43
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (76), 06/05/2019 09:43 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:B71:103

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