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HistoryOct 19, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

WordPress Popular Posts Plugin < 6.3.3 XSS Vulnerability

2023-10-1900:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
3
wordpress
popular posts
cross-site scripting
vulnerability
version 6.3.3
web application

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.1%

The WordPress plugin

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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:wordpress_popular_posts_project:wordpress_popular_posts";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127592");
  script_version("2024-01-09T05:06:46+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-09 05:06:46 +0000 (Tue, 09 Jan 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-10-19 10:30:39 +0000 (Thu, 19 Oct 2023)");
  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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-10-25 01:26:00 +0000 (Wed, 25 Oct 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-45607");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("WordPress Popular Posts Plugin < 6.3.3 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/wordpress-popular-posts/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Popular Posts' 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:"Authenticated attackers are able to inject arbitrary web
  scripts in pages due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied
  attributes.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Popular Posts plugin prior to version 6.3.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 6.3.3 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/wordpress-popular-posts-632-authenticated-contributor-stored-cross-site-scripting-via-shortcode");

  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: "6.3.3" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "6.3.3", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

14.1%

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