Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in post_alert.php in Alert Before Your Post plugin, possibly 0.1.1 and earlier, for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Exploit-DB 1
- WordPress Plugin Alert Before Your Post - 'name' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-36323 · webapps · Nov 21, 2011 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Alert Before Your Post <= 0.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting http/cves/2011/CVE-2011-5107.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- 20111121 Wordpress alert-before-your-post Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- 50743 vdb-entry
- alertbeforeyourpost-postalert-xss(71413) vdb-entry