GNU Mailman 2.1.7 action cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 (Mail Client Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument action 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private archive script (private.py) in GNU Mailman 2.1.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the action argument.

The bug was discovered 04/07/2006. The weakness was released 04/07/2006 by Moritz Naumann (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mail.python.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1712 since 04/11/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21469 (FreeBSD : mailman -- Private Archive Script XSS (8be2e304-cce6-11da-a3b1-00123ffe8333)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25692) and Tenable (21469).

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21469
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mailman -- Private Archive Script XSS (8be2e304-cce6-11da-a3b1-00123ffe8333)
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OpenVAS ID: 56577
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: mailman, ja-mailman, mailman-with-htdig
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: mail.python.org
Researcher: Moritz Naumann
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1712 (🔍)
X-Force: 25692
SecurityTracker: 1015876
Vulnerability Center: 11512 - Mailman XSS via private.py, Medium
SecurityFocus: 17403 - GNU Mailman Private Archive Script Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 19558
OSVDB: 24442 - Mailman Private Archive Script XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-1269

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/18/2019 12:32
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (76), 06/18/2019 12:32 (10)
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