WordPress Admin Shell privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WordPress (Content Management System) (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Admin Shell. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 02/23/2015 as File 130462 as not defined exploit (Packetstorm). It is possible to read the advisory at packetstormsecurity.com. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as functional. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

It is possible to mitigate the weakness by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (101106).

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Functional
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02/26/2015 +3 days 🔍
07/15/2017 +870 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: wordpress.com

Advisory: File 130462
Status: Not defined
X-Force: 101106 - WordPress Admin shell upload

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2015 14:02
Updated: 07/15/2017 08:35
Changes: 02/26/2015 14:02 (43), 07/15/2017 08:35 (4)
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