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WordPress WPLMS Theme Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
Feb 9, 2015
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

The WordPress WPLMS theme from version 1.5.2 to 1.8.4.1 allows an
authenticated user of any user level to set any system option due to a lack of
validation in the import_data function of /includes/func.php.

The module first changes the admin e-mail address to prevent any
notifications being sent to the actual administrator during the attack,
re-enables user registration in case it has been disabled and sets the default
role to be administrator. This will allow for the user to create a new account
with admin privileges via the default registration page found at
/wp-login.php?action=register.

Authors

Evex
rastating

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/wp_wplms_privilege_escalation
    msf auxiliary(wp_wplms_privilege_escalation) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(wp_wplms_privilege_escalation) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(wp_wplms_privilege_escalation) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(wp_wplms_privilege_escalation) > run
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