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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Cerberus Helpdesk 2.649. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument kb_ask
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Cerberus Helpdesk allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the kb_ask parameter.
The bug was discovered 11/15/2005. The weakness was presented 12/20/2005 by A. Ramos (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-4428 since 12/20/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.
After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 35 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20348 (Cerberus Helpdesk GUI Agent < 2.7.1 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (23834) and Tenable (20348). See 27667, 83403, 83404 and 83405 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
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Nessus ID: 20348
Nessus Name: Cerberus Helpdesk GUI Agent < 2.7.1 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS)
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Sources
Advisory: secunia.com⛔Researcher: A. Ramos
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-4428 (🔍)
X-Force: 23834
Vulnerability Center: 10167 - Cerberus Helpdesk XSS via the kb_ask Parameter, Medium
SecurityFocus: 16062 - Cerberus Helpdesk Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 18112
OSVDB: 21989 - Cerberus Helpdesk Support Center index.php kb_ask Parameter XSS
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 11:11Updated: 06/13/2019 15:11
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (73), 06/13/2019 15:11 (2)
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