XSS in Cherokee HTTPD

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU49160

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2006-1681

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in Cherokee HTTPD 0.5 and earlier. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link that generates an HTTP 400 error and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Cherokee webserver: 0.1 - 0.5

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:cherokee-project:cherokee:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430385/100/0/threaded
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17408
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-09

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.