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WordPress WP Security Audit Log 3.1.1 - Information Disclosure

ID: CVE-2018-8719

Severity: medium

Author: LogicalHunter

Tags: cve,cve2018,exposure,edb,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpsecurityauditlog

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress WP Security Audit Log 3.1.1 plugin is susceptible to information disclosure. Access to wp-content/uploads/wp-security-audit-log/* files is not restricted. An attacker can obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2018-8719


info:
  name: WordPress WP Security Audit Log 3.1.1 - Information Disclosure
  author: LogicalHunter
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress WP Security Audit Log 3.1.1 plugin is susceptible to information disclosure. Access to wp-content/uploads/wp-security-audit-log/* files is not restricted. An attacker can obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain sensitive information from the WordPress WP Security Audit Log plugin.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WordPress WP Security Audit Log plugin (3.1.2 or higher) to fix the information disclosure vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44371
    - https://vuldb.com/?id.115817
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44371/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8719
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2018-8719
    cwe-id: CWE-532
    epss-score: 0.03177
    epss-percentile: 0.91151
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpsecurityauditlog:wp_security_audit_log:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wpsecurityauditlog
    product: wp_security_audit_log
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2018,exposure,edb,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpsecurityauditlog


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/uploads/wp-security-audit-log/failed-logins/"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - "[TXT]"
          - ".log"
          - "Index of"
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a004730450220178ae6c45cb272de7c9801059746b38f8afd5ea31080554650e54f3ef0c24a6f022100da11d95d9fd5334f442e7f2d00b2ddebabd4451acc5d5fa1b74860f7514930ed:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-8719.yaml"

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