WordPress User Registration Panel - Detect

ID: wp-registration-enabled

Severity: info

Author: tess,DhiyaneshDK

Tags: wordpress,wp,misconfig

Description

WordPress user registration is currently configured so that anyone can register as a user, thereby enabling an attacker to possibly access sensitive data and execute unathorized operations.

YAML Source

id: wp-registration-enabled

info:
  name: WordPress User Registration Panel - Detect
  author: tess,DhiyaneshDK
  severity: info
  description: |
    WordPress user registration is currently configured so that anyone can register as a user, thereby enabling an attacker to possibly access sensitive data and execute unathorized operations.
  remediation: |
    Disable user registration if not needed. To do so, log in as an administrator and go to Settings -> General and uncheck "Anyone can register."
  reference:
    - https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-user-registration-enabled/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 0
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
  tags: wordpress,wp,misconfig

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-login.php"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '?action=register"'

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022004dd299a7e48839a515f30e920fc4bc63eef16eb7ef933d5c25c27012c029cf502210098c6d8757ca7e4c7e44efc4ba836bb2c19bb9437eca3095d80d1c6b8a872043b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/misconfiguration/wp-registration-enabled.yaml"

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