ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress Audio Player Plugin playerID parameter XSS attempt in swf

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.uri;
content:"/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/assets/player.swf?"; nocase; fast_pattern;
content:"playerID="; nocase;
pcre:"/^.+\)\)\}catch\(.+\)\{/Ri";
Raw source ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress Audio Player Plugin playerID parameter XSS attempt in swf · Suricata
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (
    msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS Wordpress Audio Player Plugin playerID parameter XSS attempt in swf";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.uri;
    content:"/wp-content/plugins/audio-player/assets/player.swf?"; nocase; fast_pattern;
    content:"playerID="; nocase;
    pcre:"/^.+\)\)\}catch\(.+\)\{/Ri";
    reference:url,packetstormsecurity.com/files/120129/WordPress-Audio-Player-SWF-Cross-Site-Scripting.html;
    classtype:web-application-attack;
    sid:2016383; rev:4;
    metadata:affected_product Wordpress, affected_product Wordpress_Plugins, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2013_02_08, deployment Datacenter, signature_severity Major, tag Wordpress, updated_at 2020_04_23;
)

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