NetCat up to 3.12 path cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NetCat up to 3.12. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument path results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-5729. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in NetCat up to 3.12. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument path with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) form and (2) control parameters to FCKeditor/neditor.php, and the (3) path parameter to admin/siteinfo/iframe.inc.php.

The weakness was published 12/26/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5729 since 12/26/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.

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 X-Force (47577), Exploit-DB (7560) and SecurityFocus (BID 32992†). Similar entries are available at VDB-45672, VDB-45661 and VDB-45659. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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12/23/2008 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2272 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5729 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5729
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45660
X-Force: 47577 - NetCat iframe.inc.php and neditor.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 32992 - AIST Netcat 3.1.2 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

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

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/20/2024 20:14
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (49), 10/22/2018 07:17 (8), 11/20/2024 20:14 (17)
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