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
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
43.5%
The WordPress plugin
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
CPE = "cpe:/a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127059");
script_version("2022-07-19T10:11:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-07-19 10:11:08 +0000 (Tue, 19 Jul 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-06-23 13:11:25 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jun 2022)");
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:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-07-28 13:18:00 +0000 (Wed, 28 Jul 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-24452");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin < 2.1.5 XSS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/w3-total-cache/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'W3 Total Cache' is prone to a cross-site
scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The plugin is affected by a reflected XSS issue within the
'extension' parameter in the Extensions dashboard, when the 'Anonymously track usage to improve
product quality' setting is enabled, as the parameter is returned in a JavaScript context without
proper escaping.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker, who can convince an authenticated admin into
clicking a link, may run malicious JavaScript within the user's web browser, which could lead to
a full site compromise.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress W3 Total Cache plugin prior to version 2.1.5.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.1.5 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3e855e09-056f-45b5-89a9-d644b7d8c9d0");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
exit( 0 );
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if ( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "2.1.5" )) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.1.5", install_path: location );
security_message( port: port, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
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
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
Percentile
43.5%