Cybersecurity-Week-7-Project-WordPress-vs.-Kali

Project 7 - WordPress Pentesting

Time spent: 4.5 hours spent in total

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

Pentesting Report

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

• Summary:
  • Vulnerability types: XSS
  • Tested in version: 4.2
  • Fixed in version: 4.2.3
• GIF Walkthrough:
• Steps to recreate: The following code demonstrates the vulnerability. It should be entered in a page or posting using the HTML edit mode (instead of the default WYSIWYG): Link 1

2. Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Media File Metadata ID: CVE-2017-6814

• Summary:
  • Vulnerability types: XSS
  • Tested in version: 4.2
  • Fixed in version: 4.2.13
• GIF Walkthrough:
• Steps to recreate: Upload MP3 file to the Media Library (as Editor or Administrator) and Insert an Audio Playlist in a Post containing this MP3 (Create Audio Playlist). Link 1

3. Large File Upload Error XSS ID: CVE-2017-9061

• Summary:
  • Vulnerability types: XSS
  • Tested in version: 4.2
  • Fixed in version: 4.2.15
• GIF Walkthrough:
• Steps to recreate: An attacker can inject a malicious script in to the filename which a victim tries to upload leading to XSS inside the administrators control panel. Link 1

Assets

No additional files for this lab.

Resources

• WordPress Source Browser
• WordPress Developer Reference

GIFs created with LiceCap.

Notes

For Attack 1:

No challenges.

For Attack 2:

No challenges.

For Attack 3:

No challenges

License

Copyright [2018] [Vitaliy Kril]

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