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WordPress WP EasyCart Plugin Privilege Escalation

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Disclosed
2015-02-25
Created
2018-05-30

Description

The WordPress WP EasyCart plugin from version 1.1.30 to 3.0.20 allows authenticated
users of any user level to set any system option via a lack of validation in the
ec_ajax_update_option and ec_ajax_clear_all_taxrates functions located in
/inc/admin/admin_ajax_functions.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.

Author

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_easycart_privilege_escalation
    msf auxiliary(wp_easycart_privilege_escalation) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf auxiliary(wp_easycart_privilege_escalation) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf auxiliary(wp_easycart_privilege_escalation) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf auxiliary(wp_easycart_privilege_escalation) > run
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