creativeon WHMpress Plugin up to 6.3-revision-0 on WordPress /admin/services.php whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results filename control

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A vulnerability was found in creativeon WHMpress Plugin up to 6.3-revision-0 on WordPress and classified as critical. This impacts the function whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results of the file /admin/services.php. The manipulation results in filename control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-9193. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in creativeon WHMpress Plugin up to 6.3-revision-0 on WordPress. Affected is the function whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results of the file /admin/services.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a filename control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-98. The PHP application receives input from an upstream component, but it does not restrict or incorrectly restricts the input before its usage in "require," "include," or similar functions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The WHMpress - WHMCS WordPress Integration Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 6.3-revision-0 via the whmpress_domain_search_ajax_extended_results() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site. Utilizing the /admin/services.php file, this can be leveraged to update the default role for registration to administrator and enable user registration for attackers to gain administrative user access to a vulnerable site.

The weakness was released by Tonn. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-9193 since 09/25/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/28/2025).

By approaching the search of inurl:admin/services.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• creativeon

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• WHMpress Plugin

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• 6

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