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WordPress Admin Columns plugin < 4.3 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 20 Jul 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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WordPress Admin Columns plugin < 4.3 XSS Vulnerabilit

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# Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# 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-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

CPE = "cpe:/a:admincolumns:admin_columns";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146329");
  script_version("2022-11-10T10:12:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-11-10 10:12:04 +0000 (Thu, 10 Nov 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-07-20 03:51:33 +0000 (Tue, 20 Jul 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/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:"2021-06-25 12:34:00 +0000 (Fri, 25 Jun 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-24366");

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

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

  script_name("WordPress Admin Columns plugin < 4.3 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/codepress-admin-columns/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Admin Columns' 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 Admin Columns Free WordPress plugin before 4.3 rendered
  input on the posted pages with improper input validation on the value passed into the field
  'Label' parameter, by taking this as an advantage an authenticated attacker can supply a crafted
  arbitrary script and execute it.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Admin Columns plugin prior to version 4.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 4.3 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wordpress.org/plugins/codepress-admin-columns/#developers");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-1c574fda5c28");

  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: "4.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "4.3", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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10 Nov 2022 00:00Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
CVSS 23.5
CVSS 3.15.4
EPSS0.00997
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