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
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
73.8%
The Twitter Feed Plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site
scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100944");
script_version("2023-10-27T05:05:28+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-27 05:05:28 +0000 (Fri, 27 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-12-10 13:28:59 +0100 (Fri, 10 Dec 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4825");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("WordPress Twitter Feed Plugin 'url' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_http_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/http/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45294");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.johnleitch.net/Vulnerabilities/WordPress.Twitter.Feed.0.3.1.Reflected.Cross-site.Scripting/68");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The Twitter Feed Plugin for WordPress is prone to a cross-site
scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code
in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker
to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Twitter Feed 0.3.1 is vulnerable. Other versions may also be affected.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Remove Older version of Twitter Feed Plugin and Install Twitter Feed
plugin version 1.0 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
cpe_list = make_list("cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress", "cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress_mu");
if(!infos = get_app_port_from_list(cpe_list:cpe_list, service:"www"))
exit(0);
cpe = infos["cpe"];
port = infos["port"];
if(!dir = get_app_location(cpe:cpe, port:port))
exit(0);
if(dir == "/")
dir = "";
url = string(dir, "/wp-content/plugins/wp-twitter-feed/magpie/scripts/magpie_debug.php?url=%3cscript%3ealert('vt-xss-test')%3c%2fscript%3e");
if(http_vuln_check(port:port, url:url, pattern:"<script>alert\('vt-xss-test'\)</script>", check_header:TRUE)) {
report = http_report_vuln_url(url:url, port:port);
security_message(port:port, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);