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WordPress Plugin Pie Register Auth Bypass to RCE

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WordPress Plugin Pie Register Auth Bypass to RCE

Disclosed
10/08/2021
Created
11/02/2021

Description

This module uses an authentication bypass vulnerability in Wordpress Plugin Pie Register <= 3.7.1.4 to generate a valid cookie. With this cookie, hopefully of the admin, it will generate a plugin, pack the payload into it and upload it to a server running WordPress.

Author(s)

  • h00die
  • Lotfi13-DZ

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

Development

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 exploit/unix/webapp/wp_pie_register_bypass_rce
msf exploit(wp_pie_register_bypass_rce) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(wp_pie_register_bypass_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(wp_pie_register_bypass_rce) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(wp_pie_register_bypass_rce) > exploit

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