'portable-phpMyAdmin (WordPress Plugin)' Authentication Bypass (CVE-2012-5469) Mark Stanislav - mark.stanislav@gmail.com I. DESCRIPTION --------------------------------------- portable-phpMyAdmin doesn't verify an existing WordPress session (privileged or not) when accessing the plugin file path directly. Because of how this plugin works, a default installation will provide a full phpMyAdmin console with the privilege level of the MySQL configuration of WordPress. II. TESTED VERSION --------------------------------------- 1.3.0 III. PoC EXPLOIT --------------------------------------- Navigate to http://host/wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod and you will be presented with the full portable-phpMyAdmin web interface without the requirement of a session or any credential. IV. SOLUTION --------------------------------------- Upgrade to version 1.3.1 V. REFERENCES --------------------------------------- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/ http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5469 VI. TIMELINE --------------------------------------- 10/13/2012 - Initial developer disclosure 10/14/2012 - Response from developer with commitment to fix the vulnerability 10/31/2012 - Follow-up with developer after no communication or patched release 11/16/2012 - Second attempt to follow-up with developer regarding progress/timetable 11/26/2012 - Contacted WordPress 'plugins team' about lack of progress on patched release 11/27/2012 - WordPress 'plugins team' patches software and releases version 1.3.1 12/12/2012 - Public disclosure