CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.0%
The WordPress plugin
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:rankmath:seo";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103047");
script_version("2024-05-15T05:05:27+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-05-15 05:05:27 +0000 (Wed, 15 May 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-05-13 16:13:12 +0000 (Mon, 13 May 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-2536");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools Plugin < 1.0.215 XSS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools' is prone
to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin does not validate and escape some of its shortcode
ttributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could
allow users with the contributor role and above to perform stored cross-site scripting attacks.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers with contributor-level and above permissions are able
to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected
page.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Rank Math SEO with AI SEO Tools plugin prior to
version 1.0.215.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.0.215 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/seo-by-rank-math/rank-math-seo-with-ai-seo-tools-10214-authenticatedcontributor-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-howto-block-attributes");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "1.0.215" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.0.215", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.0%