MailUp Wp-mailup up to 1.21 ajax.functions.php access control

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.1$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MailUp Wp-mailup up to 1.21 (WordPress Plugin). This affects some unknown functionality of the file ajax.functions.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

ajax.functions.php in the MailUp plugin before 1.3.3 for WordPress does not properly restrict access to unspecified Ajax functions, which allows remote attackers to modify plugin settings and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by setting the wordpress_logged_in cookie. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for a similar issue that was fixed in 1.3.2.

The weakness was shared 03/22/2013 by Charlie Eriksen (Website). The advisory is shared at plugins.trac.wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0731 since 01/02/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:ajax.functions.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (82847). The entry 63850 is related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
Google Hack: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Wp-mailup 1.2

Timelineinfo

01/02/2013 🔍
03/13/2013 +70 days 🔍
03/13/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/22/2013 +9 days 🔍
03/22/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +732 days 🔍
02/25/2019 +1434 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: plugins.trac.wordpress.org
Researcher: Charlie Eriksen
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-0731 (🔍)
X-Force: 82847
SecurityFocus: 58467 - WordPress MailUp Plugin Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 51917 - WordPress MailUp Plugin Ajax Functions Security Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 91274

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/25/2019 11:51
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (54), 02/25/2019 11:51 (8)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!