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WordPress wp-config Detection

ID: wordpress-accessible-wpconfig

Severity: high

Author: Kiblyn11,zomsop82,madrobot,geeknik,daffainfo,r12w4n,tess,0xpugal,mastercho,c4sper0

Tags: wordpress,backup

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress wp-config was discovered. This file is remotely accessible and its content available for reading.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: wordpress-accessible-wpconfig


info:
  name: WordPress wp-config Detection
  author: Kiblyn11,zomsop82,madrobot,geeknik,daffainfo,r12w4n,tess,0xpugal,mastercho,c4sper0
  severity: high
  description: WordPress `wp-config` was discovered. This file is remotely accessible and its content available for reading.
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    max-request: 32
  tags: wordpress,backup


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}{{paths}}"
    payloads:
      paths:
        - "/wp-config.php"
        - "/.wp-config.php.swp"
        - "/wp-config-sample.php"
        - "/wp-config.inc"
        - "/wp-config.old"
        - "/wp-config.txt"
        - "/wp-config.php.txt"
        - "/wp-config.php.bak"
        - "/wp-config.php.BAK"
        - "/wp-config.php.old"
        - "/wp-config.php.OLD"
        - "/wp-config.php.dist"
        - "/wp-config.php.inc"
        - "/wp-config.php.swp"
        - "/wp-config.php.html"
        - "/wp-config-backup.txt"
        - "/wp-config.php.save"
        - "/wp-config.php.SAVE"
        - "/wp-config.php~"
        - "/wp-config.php-backup"
        - "/wp-config.php.orig"
        - "/wp-config.php_orig"
        - "/wp-config.php.original"
        - "/wp-config.backup"
        - "/_wpeprivate/config.json"
        - "/config.php.zip"
        - "/config.php.tar.gz"
        - "/config.php.new"
        - "/common/config.php.new"
        - "/wp-config.php.bk"
        - "/home/{{DN}}WORDPRESS.txt"
        - "/home/{{DN}}-WORDPRESS.txt"


    stop-at-first-match: true


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


      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "DBNAME"
          - "PASSWORD"
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "DB_USERNAME"
          - "DB_PASSWORD"
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022024a99830c86e4166f15d2d8bfd555a72d440ba59305b3747ce0287b8b09f532d022100910f9cf2679dcaf3b5d81ff4bc42228be9869983739b1010a1392aae76feec61:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wordpress-accessible-wpconfig.yaml"

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