W3 Total Cache Plugin up to 0.9.4.1 on WordPress Performance Menu admin.php request_id Reflected cross site scripting
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in W3 Total Cache Plugin up to 0.9.4.1 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown code of the file /wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php of the component Performance Menu. The manipulation of the argument request_id
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity.
The weakness was shared 09/21/2016 by Fernando A. Lagos Berardi as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
A public exploit has been developed by Fernando A. Lagos Berardi in URL/Javascript and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at seclists.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Further details are available at blog.zerial.org.
Product
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Name
Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2
VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploiting
Name: ReflectedClass: Cross site scripting / Reflected
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Fernando A. Lagos Berardi
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
09/21/2016 🔍09/21/2016 🔍
09/22/2016 🔍
04/22/2019 🔍
Sources
Advisory: seclists.orgResearcher: Fernando A. Lagos Berardi
Status: Not defined
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 09/22/2016 09:17Updated: 04/22/2019 16:56
Changes: 09/22/2016 09:17 (47), 04/22/2019 16:56 (2)
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