Nathan Neulinger CGIWrap up to 4.0 Error Message cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Nathan Neulinger CGIWrap up to 4.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Error Message Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2008-2852. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Nathan Neulinger CGIWrap up to 4.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Error Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in CGIWrap before 4.1, when an Internet Explorer based browser is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to failure to set the charset in error messages.

The bug was discovered 06/19/2008. The weakness was disclosed 06/25/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-2852 since 06/24/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33279 (CGIWrap Charset Specification Weakness Error Message XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 3.6.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43176), Tenable (33279), SecurityFocus (BID 29811†), OSVDB (46405†) and Secunia (SA30765†). The entry VDB-17080 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 33279
Nessus Name: CGIWrap Charset Specification Weakness Error Message XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 63241
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: cgiwrap
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CGIWrap 3.6.10

Timelineinfo

06/19/2008 🔍
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06/24/2008 +5 days 🔍
06/25/2008 +1 days 🔍
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06/30/2008 +5 days 🔍
07/08/2008 +8 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2442 days 🔍
08/12/2019 +1610 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-2852 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2852
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42907
X-Force: 43176
SecurityFocus: 29811 - CGIWrap Error Page Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 30765
OSVDB: 46405 - CGIWrap - Error Page Handling Cross Site Scripting Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18746 - Nathan Neulinger CGIWrap < 4.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/12/2019 21:24
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (71), 08/12/2019 21:24 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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