CVE-2022-0165: WordPress Page Builder KingComposer <=2.9.6 - Open Redirect

id: CVE-2022-0165

info:
  name: WordPress Page Builder KingComposer <=2.9.6 - Open Redirect
  author: akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Page Builder KingComposer 2.9.6 and prior does not validate the id parameter before redirecting the user to it via the kc_get_thumbn AJAX action (which is available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users).
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to redirect users to malicious websites, leading to phishing attacks or the execution of further attacks.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of KingComposer (>=2.9.7) to fix the open redirect vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/906d0c31-370e-46b4-af1f-e52fbddd00cb
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0165
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2022-0165-EXPLOIT
  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-2022-0165
    cwe-id: CWE-601
    epss-score: 0.0428
    epss-percentile: 0.90601
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:king-theme:kingcomposer:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: king-theme
    product: kingcomposer
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wp-plugin,redirect,wordpress,wp,wpscan,king-theme,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=kc_get_thumbn&id=https://interact.sh"

    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?://|//)(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh.*$'
# digest: 490a0046304402201ec713bac1d4deeb2229e38f8655d366b5b8da15b63da9414b5859940abad43b022070f0e1772ef91bc105fb02d97749cee793987f22b0c84f942bb6888be90bee47:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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