# Exploit Title: Wordpress Mingle Forum plugin <= 1.0.32.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities # Date: 2012/01/18 # Author: Gianluca Brindisi (gATbrindi.si @gbrindisi http://brindi.si/g/) # Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mingle-forum.1.0.32.1.zip # Version: 1.0.32.1 You need an authenticated session to exploit the following vulnerabilities. 2) SQL Injection: POST: admin.php?page=mfgroups&mingleforum_Action=usergroups delete_usergroups: Delete dele_usrgrp%5B%5D: 1 [SQLI] Vulnerable code: function delete_usergroups(){ if (isset($_POST['delete_usergroups'])){ global $wpdb, $table_prefix; $delete_usrgrp = $_POST['delete_usrgrp']; $groups = ""; $count = count($delete_usrgrp); for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){ $wpdb->query("DELETE FROM ".$table_prefix."forum_usergroups WHERE id = {$delete_usrgrp[$i]}"); $wpdb->query("DELETE FROM ".$table_prefix."forum_usergroup2user WHERE `group` = {$delete_usrgrp[$i]}"); } return true; } return false; 2) SQL Injection: POST: admin.php?page=mfgroups&mingleforum_action=usergroups&do=add_user_togroup togroupusers: users usergroup: bar [SQLI] add_user_togroup: Add+users Vulnerable code: $group = $_POST['usergroup']; --- $msg = __("User", "mingleforum")." \"$user\" ".__("added successfully", "mingleforum")."
"; $sql = "INSERT INTO ".$table_prefix."forum_usergroup2user (user_id, `group`) VALUES('$id', '$group')"; $wpdb->query($sql); ++$added; 2) Stored XSS: admin.php?page=mingle-forum Some options are not escaped so you can inject a payload in the admin interface. Notice that every option is passed trough update_option() before being saved in the db so no sqli here Vulnerable code: 'forum_posts_per_page' => $wpdb->escape($_POST['forum_posts_per_page']), 'forum_threads_per_page' => $wpdb->escape($_POST['forum_threads_per_page']), 'forum_require_registration' => $_POST['forum_require_registration'], 'forum_show_login_form' => $_POST['forum_show_login_form'], 'forum_date_format' => $wpdb->escape($_POST['forum_date_format']), 'forum_use_gravatar' => $_POST['forum_use_gravatar'], 'forum_show_bio' => $_POST['forum_show_bio'], 'forum_skin' => $op['forum_skin'], 'forum_use_rss' => $_POST['forum_use_rss'], 'forum_use_seo_friendly_urls' => $_POST['forum_use_seo_friendly_urls'], 'forum_allow_image_uploads' => $_POST['forum_allow_image_uploads'], 'notify_admin_on_new_posts' => $_POST['notify_admin_on_new_posts'], 'set_sort' => $op['set_sort'], 'forum_use_spam' => $_POST['forum_use_spam'], 'forum_use_bbcode' => $_POST['forum_use_bbcode'], 'forum_captcha' => $_POST['forum_captcha'], 'hot_topic' => $_POST['hot_topic'], 'veryhot_topic' => $_POST['veryhot_topic'], 'forum_display_name' => $_POST['forum_display_name'], 'level_one' => $_POST['level_one'], 'level_two' => $_POST['level_two'], 'level_three' => $_POST['level_three'], 'level_newb_name' => $_POST['level_newb_name'], 'level_one_name' => $_POST['level_one_name'], 'level_two_name' => $_POST['level_two_name'], 'level_three_name' => $_POST['level_three_name'], 'forum_db_version' => $op['forum_db_version'], 'forum_disabled_cats' => explode(",",$_POST['forum_disabled_cats']) 3) Stored XSS and SQLI: admin.php?page=mfstructure Adding a new forum both name and description fields are not sanitized so stored xss payload in admin interface AND forum pages is possible. They are escaped only for sqli except for add_forum_group_id which is exploitable Vulnerable code: $add_forum_description = $wpdb->escape($_POST['add_forum_description']); $add_forum_name = $wpdb->escape($_POST['add_forum_name']); $add_forum_group_id = $_POST['add_forum_group_id']; --- $wpdb->query("INSERT INTO ".$table_prefix."forum_forums (name, description, parent_id, sort) VALUES('$add_forum_name', '$add_forum_description', '$add_forum_group_id', '$max')"); 4) Stored XSS: admin.php?page=mfads Every textarea input is not sanitized and can lead to stored xss payloads in admin interface and forums pages (this is somehow intended behavior since HTML is allowed but still...) i.e: ">[XSS] Vulnerable code: 'mf_ad_above_forum_on' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_forum_on'], 'mf_ad_above_forum' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_forum_text'], 'mf_ad_below_forum_on' => $_POST['mf_ad_below_forum_on'], 'mf_ad_below_forum' => $_POST['mf_ad_below_forum_text'], 'mf_ad_above_branding_on' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_branding_on'], 'mf_ad_above_branding' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_branding_text'], 'mf_ad_above_info_center_on' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_info_center_on'], 'mf_ad_above_info_center' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_info_center_text'], 'mf_ad_above_quick_reply_on' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_quick_reply_on'], 'mf_ad_above_quick_reply' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_quick_reply_text'], 'mf_ad_above_breadcrumbs_on' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_breadcrumbs_on'], 'mf_ad_above_breadcrumbs' => $_POST['mf_ad_above_breadcrumbs_text'], 'mf_ad_below_first_post_on' => $_POST['mf_ad_below_first_post_on'], 'mf_ad_below_first_post' => $_POST['mf_ad_below_first_post_text'], 'mf_ad_custom_css' => $_POST['mf_ad_custom_css']