Time spent: 6.5 hours spent in total
Objective: Find, analyze, recreate, and document five vulnerabilities affecting an old version of WordPress
- (Required) YouTube XSS - CVE-2017-6817
- Summary: XSS vulnerability that executes code embedded in YouTube URL
- Vulnerability types: XSS
- Tested in version: 4.2.2
- Fixed in version: 4.7.3
- GIF Walkthrough:
- Steps to recreate: I entered script in the end of a YouTube URL and then posted that to the homepage.
- Affected source code:
- (Required) Login User Enumeration - CVE-2017-5487
- Summary: Login screen releases if an user exists or not.
- Vulnerability types: User Enumeration
- Tested in version: 4.2.2
- Fixed in version: 4.7.1
- GIF Walkthrough:
- Steps to recreate: I entered a username that I knew existed and compared the errors to a username I knew didn't exist.
- Affected source code:
- (Required) Home Page XSS - CVE-2015-5622
- Summary: WordPress allows script to execute on the home page of the site.
- Vulnerability types: XSS
- Tested in version: 4.2.2
- Fixed in version: 4.2.3
- GIF Walkthrough:
- Steps to recreate: On the homepage, I edited the information so the title contained script. Once I viewed the page, the script executed.
- Affected source code:
The biggest issue I faced with this lab wasn't the actual assignment, but the environment. I had issues getting Vagrant, virtualBox, and WordPress to communicate.
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