Robert Luberda man2html 1.6 Error Message man2html.cgi.c cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Robert Luberda man2html 1.6. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file man2html.cgi.c of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in man2html.cgi.c in man2html 1.6, and possibly other version, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to error messages.

The weakness was released 11/17/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-2770. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56715 (Debian DSA-2335-1 : man2html - missing input sanitization), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (56715).

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Nessus ID: 56715
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2335-1 : man2html - missing input sanitization
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11/07/2011 +111 days 🔍
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11/21/2011 +4 days 🔍
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Advisory: DSA-2335
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-2770 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 33891 - Man2html 1.6 XSS Vulnerability Related To Error Messages, Medium
SecurityFocus: 50566
Secunia: 46760
OSVDB: 76912

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/26/2021 14:30
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (54), 04/05/2017 14:52 (7), 11/26/2021 14:24 (5), 11/26/2021 14:27 (1), 11/26/2021 14:30 (2)
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