Stored XSS in Salutation Responsive WordPress + BuddyPress Theme could allow logged-in users to do almost anything an admin can (WordPress plugin)

[dxw Security <security () dxw com>]

Details
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Software: Salutation Responsive WordPress + BuddyPress Theme
Version: 3.0.15
Homepage: https://themeforest.net/item/salutation-responsive-wordpress-buddypress-theme/548199
Advisory report: https://security.dxw.com/advisories/stored-xss-salutation-theme/
CVE: Awaiting assignment
CVSS: 4.9 (Medium; AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)

Description
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Stored XSS in Salutation Responsive WordPress + BuddyPress Theme could allow logged-in users to do almost anything an 
admin can

Vulnerability
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The theme contains JavaScript (assets/js/onLoad.js) which iterates through .section-tabs a and puts every href value it 
finds into jQuery(). jQuery() doesn’t just search for elements which match a selector (i.e. jQuery(\'.section-tabs\')), 
it also creates elements (i.e. jQuery(\'<div>\')).
$(\'.section-tabs\').simpleSlideTop();

// ...

$.fn.simpleSlideTop = function(opts) {

    // ...

    contentID = $(this).attr(\'href\');

    $(contentID).hide();
An attacker without the unfiltered_html capability would be able to inject arbitrary HTML as if they had the 
unfiltered_html capability. With the ability to inject arbitrary HTML, the attacker is able add JavaScript which causes 
a logged-in administrator user to do almost anything – including creating new user accounts, deleting posts, and more.

Proof of concept
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Click the activate button on the theme
Install and activate Revolution Slider plugin
Create a new user with role of Author (by default, Authors do not possess the unfiltered_html capability)
Log in as that user
Visit “Add New Post” screen
Switch the editor to “Text” mode
Enter the following: <div class=\"section-tabs\"><a href=\"&lt;img src=x onerror=alert(1)&gt;\">a</a></div>
Press “Publish”
Press “View post”
You will see an alertbox appear showing the value “1”

For comparison, if the same user account enters <img src=x onerror=alert(1)> or <script>alert(1)</script>, it will be 
blocked by WordPress.

Mitigations
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Upgrade to version 3.0.16 or later.

Disclosure policy
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https://security.dxw.com/disclosure/

Please contact us on security () dxw com to acknowledge this report if you received it via a third party (for example, 
plugins () wordpress org) as they generally cannot communicate with us on your behalf.

This vulnerability will be published if we do not receive a response to this report with 14 days.

Timeline
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2017-04-26: Discovered
2017-07-25: Reported via contact form on http://para.llel.us/
2017-07-25: Vendor reported issue fixed in 3.0.16
2017-07-31: Advisory published



Discovered by dxw:
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Tom Adams
Please visit security.dxw.com for more information.
          


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