Wordpress LiteSpeed Cache plugin cookie theft
Description
This module exploits an unauthenticated account takeover vulnerability in LiteSpeed Cache, a Wordpress plugin that currently has around 6 million active installations. In LiteSpeed Cache versions prior to 6.5.0.1, when the Debug Logging feature is enabled, the plugin will log admin cookies to the /wp-content/debug.log endpoint which is accessible without authentication. The Debug Logging feature in the plugin is not enabled by default. The admin cookies found in the debug.log can be used to upload and execute a malicious plugin containing a payload.
Author(s)
- Rafie Muhammad
- jheysel-r7
Platform
Linux,PHP,Unix,Windows
Architectures
php, cmd
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/multi/http/wp_litespeed_cookie_theft
msf exploit(wp_litespeed_cookie_theft) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(wp_litespeed_cookie_theft) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(wp_litespeed_cookie_theft) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(wp_litespeed_cookie_theft) > exploit
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