id: CVE-2022-0212 info: name: WordPress Spider Calendar <=1.5.65 - Cross-Site Scripting author: theamanrawat severity: medium description: | WorsPress Spider Calendar plugin through 1.5.65 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the callback parameter before outputting it back in the page via the window AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. 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 to the latest version of WordPress Spider Calendar plugin (>=1.5.66) or apply the vendor-supplied patch to fix the XSS vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15be2d2b-baa3-4845-82cf-3c351c695b47 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/spider-event-calendar/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0212 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-2022-0212 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00086 epss-percentile: 0.35806 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:10web:spidercalendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: 10web product: spidercalendar framework: wordpress tags: cve2022,cve,xss,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,spider-event-calendar,unauthenticated,10web http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=window&callback=" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "spider_Calendar_theme" - "" condition: and - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a004630440220322757af281317abae7f3a88452d0ebf4657aa11c39ec4c58aa8b764818d9037022023b695ce717b82e0b014390f24c3aaf57a30f1b20389199ea07c338ba5ad54dd:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950