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WordPress - Weak Credentials

ID: wordpress-weak-credentials

Severity: critical

Author: evolutionsec

Tags: wordpress,default-login,fuzz,fuzzing

Description

Section titled “Description”

Weak WordPress Credentials were discovered.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: wordpress-weak-credentials


info:
  name: WordPress - Weak Credentials
  author: evolutionsec
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Weak WordPress Credentials were discovered.
  reference:
    - https://www.wpwhitesecurity.com/strong-wordpress-passwords-wpscan/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 9.3
    cwe-id: CWE-1391
  metadata:
    max-request: 276
  tags: wordpress,default-login,fuzz,fuzzing


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{BaseURL}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        Referer: {{BaseURL}}


        log={{users}}&pwd={{passwords}}


    attack: clusterbomb
    payloads:
      users: helpers/wordlists/wp-users.txt
      passwords: helpers/wordlists/wp-passwords.txt
    stop-at-first-match: true


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - '/wp-admin'
          - 'wordpress_logged_in'
        condition: and


      - type: status
        status:
          - 302
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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/fuzzing/wordpress-weak-credentials.yaml"

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