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WordPress JH 404 Logger <=1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-24176

Severity: medium

Author: Ganofins

Tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan,jh_404_logger_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress JH 404 Logger plugin through 1.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Referer and path of 404 pages are not properly sanitized when they are output in the WordPress dashboard, which can lead to executing arbitrary JavaScript code.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2021-24176


info:
  name: WordPress JH 404 Logger <=1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Ganofins
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress JH 404 Logger plugin through 1.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Referer and path of 404 pages are not properly sanitized when they are output in the WordPress dashboard, which can lead to executing arbitrary JavaScript code.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WordPress JH 404 Logger plugin (>=1.2) which addresses the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/705bcd6e-6817-4f89-be37-901a767b0585
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/jh-404-logger/
    - https://ganofins.com/blog/my-first-cve-2021-24176/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24176
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2021-24176
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00186
    epss-percentile: 0.55717
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:jh_404_logger_project:jh_404_logger:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: jh_404_logger_project
    product: jh_404_logger
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan,jh_404_logger_project


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/jh-404-logger/readme.txt"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "JH 404 Logger"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402201baebd50c9bd46a2fb88789e9c4b082030540235a5af280d467e7bee3473f81002200efb8fdd42bf3bd0cfd5bdd36af3f878a2637fe01e8e2a0388af8b159f71aaa7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24176.yaml"

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