ASP-Nuke 0.80 forgot_password.asp Email cross site scripting

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A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in ASP-Nuke 0.80. This affects an unknown function of the file forgot_password.asp. Such manipulation of the argument Email leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-2064. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ASP-Nuke 0.80. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file forgot_password.asp. The manipulation of the argument Email 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in ASP Nuke 0.80 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) email parameter to forgot_password.asp, or the (2) FirstName, (3) LastName, (4) Username, (5) Password, (6) Address1, (7) Address2, (8) City, (9) ZipCode, (10) Email parameter to register.asp.

The weakness was released 06/29/2005 by Alberto Trivero (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2064 since 06/29/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:forgot_password.asp it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 databases at Exploit-DB (25905) and SecurityFocus (BID 14062†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-25618 and VDB-25617. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• ASP-Nuke

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• 0.80

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