ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS WordPress CommentLuv Plugin _ajax_nonce Parameter XSS Attempt

Query · suricata

flow:established,to_server;
http.method;
content:"POST";
http.uri;
content:"/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?"; nocase;
http.request_body;
content:"_ajax_nonce="; nocase;
pcre:"/^.+?(?:on(?:(?:s(?:elec|ubmi)|rese)t|d(?:blclick|ragdrop)|(?:mouse|key)[a-z]|c(?:hange|lick)|(?:un)?load|focus|blur)|s(?:cript|tyle=))/Ri";
Raw source ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS WordPress CommentLuv Plugin _ajax_nonce Parameter XSS Attempt · Suricata
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alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS any (
    msg:"ET WEB_SPECIFIC_APPS WordPress CommentLuv Plugin _ajax_nonce Parameter XSS Attempt";
    flow:established,to_server;
    http.method;
    content:"POST";
    http.uri;
    content:"/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?"; nocase;
    http.request_body;
    content:"_ajax_nonce="; nocase;
    pcre:"/^.+?(?:on(?:(?:s(?:elec|ubmi)|rese)t|d(?:blclick|ragdrop)|(?:mouse|key)[a-z]|c(?:hange|lick)|(?:un)?load|focus|blur)|s(?:cript|tyle=))/Ri";
    reference:url,securityfocus.com/bid/57771/;
    classtype:web-application-attack;
    sid:2016384; 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_24;
)

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