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Exploit development can be an advanced penetration testing skill that takes time to master. Additionally, when on a job, pen testers often don’t have the resources to create a new exploit. Many resort to searching for and using pre-written exploits that have not been tested and must go through the timely effort of quality assurance testing in order to ensure they are secure and effective.
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The universe of vulnerabilities is huge and not all of them represent the same risk for the customers. Vulnerabilities do not all have the same level of criticality. Some may be easily exploitable by a low-level user, while others may not be exploitable at all. To increase the efficiency of the attacks and the quality of the exploits provided, the Core Impact team has developed selection criteria to prioritize its analysis and implementation. We determine which exploits warrant creation based on the following questions:
What are the most critical attacks from the attacker’s perspective?
What new vulnerabilities are more likely to be exploited in real attacks?
What exploits are the most valuable for Core Impact?
Once an exploit is approved, its priority order considers the following variables:
Vulnerability Properties: CVE, disclosure date, access mechanism and privileges needed.
Target Environment Setup: OS, application prevalence, version and special configurations needed.
Value Provided to Core Impact: Customer request, usage in multiple attacks, allows the installation of an agent, etc.
Technical Cost vs. Benefit: An analysis weighing the resources needed to build an exploit with the internal and external knowledge gained in its creation.
Each one of these variables has a different weight and provides a ranking of the potential exploits to be developed. Following those criteria, the top of the list would contain, for example, a vulnerability on Windows (most popular OS) that can be exploited remotely, without authentication and that provides super user privileges.
Correspondingly, a vulnerability on an application that is rarely installed, needs special configurations, and requires User Interaction, would be at the bottom.
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Title
Description
Date Added
CVE Link
Exploit Platform
Exploit Type
Product Name
Wordpress Post Smtp Mailer Plugin Authorization Bypass Exploit Update
The POST SMTP Mailer Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a type juggling issue on the connect-app REST endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the API key used to authenticate to the mailer and view logs, including password reset emails, allowing site takeover. This update adds support for LINUX and improves documentation.
Wordpress Post Smtp Mailer Plugin Authorization Bypass Exploit
The POST SMTP Mailer Email log, Delivery Failure Notifications and Best Mail SMTP for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a type juggling issue on the connect-app REST endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to reset the API key used to authenticate to the mailer and view logs, including password reset emails, allowing site takeover.
Exploits / OS Command Injection / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Wordpress Password Reset Exploit
A weakness has been reported in WordPress which can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions. The weakness is due to a bug within the password reset functionality when verifying the secret key. This can be exploited to reset the password of the first user without a key in the database (usually administrator) without providing the correct secret key.
Exploits/Authentication Weakness
Impact
Wordpress NextGEN Gallery Plugin Cross Site Scripting Exploit
This vulnerability results from a reflected unsanitized input that can be crafted into an attack by a malicious user by manipulating the 'mode' parameter of the xml/media-rss.php script. Version 1.5.1 is verified as vulnerable, older versions are probably vulnerable too but they were not tested at this time.
Wordpress Google Analytics Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Exploit
Input passed to the "s" parameter in index.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user in googleanalytics.php. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities
A vulnerability in the File Manager (wp-file-manager) plugin for WordPress, version 6.0 to 6.8, allows to unauthenticated remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code because.
The root cause is an unsafe renaming of a example elFinder connector file with the php extension.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows attackers to write php files to the wp-content/plugins/wp-file-manager/lib/files/ directory of Wordpress.
Exploits / Remote File Inclusion / Known Vulnerabilities
Impact
Wordpress Comments XSS Exploit
A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the comments rendering in Wordpress 4.1.1 and previous versions. This exploit abuses a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability in Wordpress to install an OS Agent in the server running the Wordpress installation. This update includes a module that posts a comment with the cross site scripting code as a comment in a Wordpress post. The javascript code will attempt to install a Wordpress plugin everytime the post comment is rendered. The plugin will in turn install an OS agent in the server running Wordpress.
Linux
Exploits/Cross Site Scripting (XSS)/Known Vulnerabilities
The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in wordperfect within the processing of WPD files. Wordperfect X3 fails to check the length of the printer selection (.PRS) filename stored inside Wordperfect documents, allowing an attacker to cause a stack overflow in order to execute arbitrary code. This update changes the injection method of the agent.
The vulnerability is caused due to boundary errors in wordperfect within the processing of WPD files. Wordperfect X3 fails to check the length of the printer selection (.PRS) filename stored inside Wordperfect documents, allowing an attacker to cause a stack overflow in order to execute arbitrary code.
Word List Builder DIC File Buffer Overflow Exploit
This module exploits a stack-based buffer overflow in Word Builder which is triggered by a malformed DIC file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
WonderWare SuiteLink slssvc.exe DoS
WonderWare is supplier of industrial automation and information software solutions. According to the company's website: * one third of the world's plants run Wonderware software solutions.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the WBEMSingleView.ocx control included in the WMI Tools ActiveX application. The exploit is triggered when the OpenURL() method processes a long string argument resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow.
WM Downloader contains a buffer prone to exploitation via an overly long string. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in WM Downloader when handling .M3U files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .M3U file.
Windows
Exploits/Client Side
Impact
WiSCADA TsDatabase 0-Day Denial of Service
Remote Denial Of Service in WiSCADA TsDatabase. Specially crafted packets may also be sent to WiSCADA TsDatabase port 80 (default), result in a denial-of-service. Exploit crash server process FHSvrService.exe
Denial of Service / Remote
SCADA
WiSCADA 2.0 0-Day Remote Arbitrary File Overwrite
This module will receive HTTP requests from vulnerable clients and install agents on them.
Exploits / Client Side
SCADAPRO
WireShark SNMP Dissector DoS
This module exploits a vulnerability in the WireShark SNMP dissector, sending a specially crafted SNMP packet, causing WireShark to crash.
Wireshark PROFINET Dissector Format String Exploit Update
Wireshark is prone to a format-string vulnerability. Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the vulnerable application. Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions. This update adds windows 7 support.
Wireshark PROFINET Dissector Format String Exploit
Wireshark is prone to a format-string vulnerability. Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the vulnerable application. Failed attacks will likely cause denial-of-service conditions.
This module exploits a stack buffer overflow in Wireshark when opening a crafted .PCAP file, resulting in arbitrary code execution. This module bypass DEP using ROP techniques.
A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the DECT dissector of Wireshark. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause the Wireshark executable to crash or potentially to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Wireshark.
This module exploits a vulnerability in the WireShark openSAFETY dissector, sending a specially crafted openSAFETY packet over UDP, causing WireShark to crash.