Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in the WP-FaceThumb plugin 0.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the pagination_wp_facethumb 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 WP-FaceThumb 0.1 - 'pagination_wp_facethum' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-37155 · webapps · May 13, 2012 · 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.
- WP-FaceThumb 0.1 - Cross-Site Scripting http/cves/2012/CVE-2012-2371.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- 49143 third-party-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112658/WordPress-WP-FaceThumb-Gallery-0.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- 53497 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20120515 CVE-request: WordPress wp-facethumb plugin reflected XSS vulnerability mailing-list
- http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-facethumb-reflected-xss-vulnerability-cwe-79
- [oss-security] 20120515 Re: CVE-request: WordPress wp-facethumb plugin reflected XSS vulnerability mailing-list