clickdesk Clickdesk Live Support-live Chat Plugin 2.0 clickdesk.php cdwidgetid cross site scripting

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.2$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in clickdesk Clickdesk Live Support-live Chat Plugin 2.0. This affects an unknown function of the file clickdesk.php. Such manipulation of the argument cdwidgetid leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-5181. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in clickdesk Clickdesk Live Support-live Chat Plugin 2.0 (Chat Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file clickdesk.php. The manipulation of the argument cdwidgetid with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in clickdesk.php in ClickDesk Live Support - Live Chat plugin 2.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cdwidgetid parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was presented 09/20/2012 by Amir (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-5181 since 09/19/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:clickdesk.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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (71469), Exploit-DB (36338), SecurityFocus (BID 50778†) and OSVDB (77338†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Download: 🔍
Google Hack: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

11/23/2011 🔍
09/19/2012 +301 days 🔍
09/20/2012 +1 days 🔍
09/20/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +915 days 🔍
01/30/2025 +3600 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Amir
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-5181 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-5181
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62378
X-Force: 71469 - ClickDesk Live Support plugin for WordPress cdwidget cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 50778 - WordPress ClickDesk Live Support Plugin 'cdwidget' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 77338

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 01/30/2025 16:09
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (51), 02/06/2018 07:42 (6), 01/30/2025 16:09 (20)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Do you know our Splunk app?

Download it now for free!