CVE-2016-15041— MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin <= 3.1.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2016-15041
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance Plugin <= 3.1.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
The MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘mwp_setup_purchase_username’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.1.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
在Web页面生成时对输入的转义处理不恰当(跨站脚本)
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
WordPress plugin MainWP Dashboard 跨站脚本漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
WordPress和WordPress plugin都是WordPress基金会的产品。WordPress是一套使用PHP语言开发的博客平台。该平台支持在PHP和MySQL的服务器上架设个人博客网站。WordPress plugin是一个应用插件。 WordPress plugin MainWP Dashboard 3.1.2版本及之前版本存在跨站脚本漏洞，该漏洞源于通过mwp_setup_purchase_username参数可以进行存储型跨站脚本攻击。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mainwp | MainWP Dashboard: WordPress Management without the SaaS | * ~ 3.1.3 | - |
II. Public POCs for CVE-2016-15041
| # | POC Description | Source Link | Shenlong Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vuln lab: MainWP Dashboard <= 3.1.2 Unauthenticated Stored XSS | https://github.com/flame-11/CVE-2016-15041-mainwp-dashboard | POC Details |
| 2 | None | https://github.com/Pranjal6955/CVE-2016-15041-testing | POC Details |
| 3 | MainWP Dashboard – The Private WordPress Manager for Multiple Website Maintenance plugin for WordPress versions up to 3.1.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in 'mwp_setup_purchase_username' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers inject and execute arbitrary scripts when users access affected pages. | https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2016/CVE-2016-15041.yaml | POC Details |
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