Nuked-Klan 1.2/1.2 Beta/1.3/1.3 Beta Team/News/Liens cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Nuked-Klan 1.2/1.2 Beta/1.3/1.3 Beta. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Team/News/Liens Module. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2003-1238. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Nuked-Klan 1.2/1.2 Beta/1.3/1.3 Beta. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Team/News/Liens Module. The manipulation 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 vulnerability (XSS) in Nuked-Klan 1.3 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to steal authentication information via cookies by injecting arbitrary HTML or script into op of the (1) Team, (2) News, and (3) Liens modules.

The weakness was published 12/31/2003 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2003-1238 since 11/16/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11447 (Nuked-Klan index.php Multiple Module Vulnerabilities), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11099 (Nuked-Klan Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11420), Tenable (11447), SecurityFocus (BID 6916†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1274†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 11447
Nessus Name: Nuked-Klan index.php Multiple Module Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 11447
OpenVAS Name: Nuked-klan Cross Site Scripting Bugs
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02/23/2003 +53 days 🔍
03/23/2003 +28 days 🔍
06/24/2003 +93 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +190 days 🔍
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11/16/2005 +686 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +3201 days 🔍
07/16/2025 +3981 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2003-1238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21170
X-Force: 11420
SecurityFocus: 6916 - Nuked-Klan Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 1274 - Nuked-Klan CGI is Vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 16:03
Updated: 07/16/2025 17:57
Changes: 08/22/2014 16:03 (64), 05/10/2019 10:12 (4), 06/29/2021 11:10 (3), 07/16/2025 17:57 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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