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WordPress REST API Content Injection

Disclosed
02/01/2017
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a content injection vulnerability in WordPress versions 4.7 and 4.7.1 via type juggling in the REST API.

Author(s)

  • Marc Montpas
  • wvu <wvu@metasploit.com>

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 auxiliary/scanner/http/wordpress_content_injection
msf auxiliary(wordpress_content_injection) > show actions
    ...actions...
msf auxiliary(wordpress_content_injection) > set ACTION < action-name >
msf auxiliary(wordpress_content_injection) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf auxiliary(wordpress_content_injection) > run

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