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WordPress BulletProof Security 5.1 Information Disclosure

ID: CVE-2021-39327

Severity: medium

Author: geeknik

Tags: cve2021,cve,exposure,packetstorm,wordpress,ait-pro

Description

Section titled “Description”

The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure due to a file path disclosure in the publicly accessible ~/db_backup_log.txt file which grants attackers the full path of the site, in addition to the path of database backup files. This affects versions up to, and including, 5.1.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2021-39327


info:
  name: WordPress BulletProof Security 5.1 Information Disclosure
  author: geeknik
  severity: medium
  description: The BulletProof Security WordPress plugin is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure due to a file path disclosure in the publicly accessible ~/db_backup_log.txt file which grants attackers the full path of the site, in addition to the path of database backup files. This affects versions up to, and including, 5.1.
  impact: |
    An attacker can gain sensitive information from the target system.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WordPress BulletProof Security.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164420/wpbulletproofsecurity51-disclose.txt
    - https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39327
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39327
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164420/WordPress-BulletProof-Security-5.1-Information-Disclosure.html
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2591118%40bulletproof-security&new=2591118%40bulletproof-security&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2021-39327
    cwe-id: CWE-459,CWE-200
    epss-score: 0.18349
    epss-percentile: 0.96191
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ait-pro:bulletproof_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: ait-pro
    product: bulletproof_security
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,exposure,packetstorm,wordpress,ait-pro


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/bps-backup/logs/db_backup_log.txt'
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/bulletproof-security/admin/htaccess/db_backup_log.txt'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'BPS DB BACKUP LOG'
          - '=================='
        condition: and


      - type: regex
        negative: true
        part: body
        regex:
          - '^BPS\sDB\sBACKUP\sLOG\r\n==================\r\n==================\r\n\r\n$'


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - 'text/plain'


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a004730450221008ffd9ab4bf66e2183f39f891478b152ca343bef90dc10f1a010efdf02736328c02203aecfac09f805e62c346863a3652b535afe29baddcad970f792f265a0e88071d: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/2021/CVE-2021-39327.yaml"

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