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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.6%
The WordPress plugin
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CPE = "cpe:/a:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127197");
script_version("2023-10-19T05:05:21+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-19 05:05:21 +0000 (Thu, 19 Oct 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-09-17 06:20:59 +0000 (Sat, 17 Sep 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-09-01 06:47:00 +0000 (Thu, 01 Sep 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2022-2599");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall Plugin < 4.21.83 XSS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/gotmls/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force
Firewall' 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 sanitise and escape some parameters before
outputting them back in an admin dashboard.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall
plugin prior to version 4.21.83.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.21.83 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/276a7fc5-3d0d-446d-92cf-20060aecd0ef");
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: "4.21.83")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.21.83", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);