PT-2008-5753 · Tenable · Autonessus

Published 2008-10-09 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4520

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AutoNessus versions prior to 1.2.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This is achieved via the remark parameter in the bulk update.pl script.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.2.2, update to version 1.2.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the bulk update.pl script to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the remark parameter in the affected script until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4520

Affected Products

Autonessus

References · 7

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32046 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4520 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31559 · Patch
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2141884&group_id=216367&atid=1037394 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=216367&release_id=630124 · Patch
• http://autonessus.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/autonessus/AutoNessus/www/bulk_update.pl?r1=1.2&r2=1.3 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45634 · Note