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Exploit for WordPress Time Capsule < 1.21.16 - Authentication Bypass (CVE-2020-8771)

Description:

WordPress Time Capsule plugin before 1.21.16 for WordPress has an authentication bypass. Any request containing IWP_JSON_PREFIX causes the client to be logged in as the first account on the list of administrator accounts.

Nuclei Template

View the template here CVE-2020-8771.yaml

Validate with Nuclei

echo "$URL" | nuclei -t ~/nuclei-templates/http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-8771.yaml
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References:

https://github.com/SECFORCE/WPTimeCapsulePOC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8771
https://www.webarxsecurity.com/vulnerability-infinitewp-client-wp-time-capsule/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10010
https://github.com/HycCodeQL/wordpress