CVE-2017-18496

MEDIUMNuclei

Htaccess by BestWebSoft < 1.7.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

Title source: github.com
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2017-18496 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

The htaccess plugin before 1.7.6 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMHtaccess by BestWebSoft < 1.7.6 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

The htaccess plugin before 1.7.6 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

Impact

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers, potentially stealing session cookies, credentials, or performing actions on behalf of users.

Remediation

Update to version 1.7.6 or later.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorsluisfelipe146
Template tagscvecve2017wordpresswpscanbws-htaccesswp-pluginxssauthenticatedbestwebsoftvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:htaccess:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Shodan: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/htaccess/
FOFA: body=/wp-content/plugins/htaccess/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/efd816c3-90d4-40bf-850a-0e4c1a756694 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18496 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18496 https://wordpress.org/plugins/htaccess/#developers

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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