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Gossamer Links < 3.0.4 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Gossamer Links < 3.0.4

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains CGI scripts that are prone to cross-
site scripting attacks.

Description :

The remote host is running Gossamer Links, a web links management tool
from Gossamer Threads and written in Perl.

The installed version of Gossamer Links fails to properly sanitize
user-supplied input to various parameters of the 'user.cgi' and
'add.cgi' scripts, which are used by an administrator. By leveraging
this flaw, a possible hacker may be able to cause arbitrary HTML and script
code to be executed by a user's browser within the context of the
affected application, leading to cookie theft and similar attacks.

See also :

http://www.nessus.org/u?67268918

Solution :

Upgrade to Gossamer Links 3.0.4 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:N/A:N/I:P/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 14160

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