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CVE-2024-6624 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the JSON API User plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 3.9.3. The vulnerability arises from improper controls on custom user meta fields, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register as administrators if the JSON API plugin is also installed.
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This repository contains a Python exploit script (CVE-2024-6624.py) and a README.md. The exploit targets the JSON API User plugin for WordPress (versions <= 3.9.3), leveraging unauthenticated API endpoints to first register a new user and then escalate that user's privileges to administrator. The script automates the attack across multiple targets by reading a list of URLs from a user-supplied file. For each target, it interacts with the following endpoints: '/api/get_nonce/?controller=user&method=register', '/api/user/register/', '/api/get_nonce/?controller=user&method=update_user_meta', and '/api/user/update_user_meta/'. Successful exploits are logged to 'admin.txt' in the format 'http://target/wp-login.php|username|password'. The repository is operational and provides a working exploit for CVE-2024-6624, requiring only Python 2.7 and the 'requests' library.
This repository contains a Python exploit script (CVE-2024-6624.py) and a README.md file. The exploit targets the JSON API User plugin for WordPress (versions <= 3.9.3), which is vulnerable to unauthenticated privilege escalation due to improper controls on user meta fields. The script works by first registering a new user via the exposed API endpoint, then updating the user's meta data to grant administrator privileges. The exploit is operational and provides a working method to gain admin access to a vulnerable WordPress site. The README provides background, usage instructions, and a proof-of-concept run. The main attack vector is network-based, exploiting HTTP endpoints exposed by the vulnerable plugin. The script is standalone, written in Python, and requires the target URL and desired credentials as input.
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