CVE-2022-0212

MEDIUMNuclei

SpiderCalendar <= 1.5.65 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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Record summary

CVE-2022-0212 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 curated repository PoC and 1 Nuclei template.

Description

The SpiderCalendar WordPress plugin through 1.5.65 does not sanitise and escape the callback parameter before outputting it back in the page via the window AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Curated repository PoCs
1
Nuclei templates
1

Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion range

SpiderCalendar

CVE List1.5.65 to ≤ 1.5.65affected

Proofs of concept

1

Curated repository PoCs

GitHubCVE-2022-0212Curated repository PoCby yubsy112Not analyzed1 file

Python · 537 B

GitHub
PoC details

Nuclei templates

1
ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress Spider Calendar <=1.5.65 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WorsPress Spider Calendar plugin through 1.5.65 is susceptible to cross-site scripting. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the callback parameter before outputting it back in the page via the window AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.

Remediation

Update to the latest version of WordPress Spider Calendar plugin (>=1.5.66) or apply the vendor-supplied patch to fix the XSS vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorstheamanrawat
Template tagscve2022cvexsswpscanwordpresswp-pluginwpspider-event-calendarunauthenticated10webvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:10web:spidercalendar:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15be2d2b-baa3-4845-82cf-3c351c695b47 https://wordpress.org/plugins/spider-event-calendar/ https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0212

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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