GForge 4.5 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GForge 4.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-2431. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in GForge 4.5 (Project Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The (1) lost password and (2) account pending features in GForge 4.5 do not properly set a limit on the number of e-mails sent to an e-mail address, which allows remote attackers to send a large number of messages to arbitrary e-mail addresses (aka mail bomb).

The weakness was disclosed 08/03/2005 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-2431 since 08/03/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56498 (FreeBSD : gforge -- XSS and email flood vulnerabilities (d7cd5015-08c9-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)), 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 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56498) and SecurityFocus (BID 14405†). The entries VDB-25916, VDB-82804, VDB-82805 and VDB-82806 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 56498
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : gforge -- XSS and email flood vulnerabilities (d7cd5015-08c9-11da-bc08-0001020eed82)
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OpenVAS ID: 55024
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: gforge
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/03/2005 🔍
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08/09/2005 +6 days 🔍
10/14/2011 +2257 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +1244 days 🔍
07/10/2018 +1217 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2431 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2431
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25917
SecurityFocus: 14405

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/10/2018 08:59
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (54), 07/10/2018 08:59 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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