Description
WordPress 2.1.1, as downloaded from some official distribution sites during February and March 2007, contains an externally introduced backdoor that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) an eval injection vulnerability in the ix parameter to wp-includes/feed.php, and (2) an untrusted passthru call in the iz parameter to wp-includes/theme.php.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- WordPress Core 2.1.1 - Arbitrary Command Execution EDB-29701 · webapps · Mar 2, 2007 · verified
- WordPress Core 2.1.1 - '/wp-includes/theme.php?iz' Arbitrary Command Execution EDB-29702 · webapps · Mar 2, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20070303 WordPress source code compromised to enable remote code execution mailing-list
- VU#214480 third-party-advisory
- wordpress-theme-command-execution(32807) vdb-entry
- wordpress-feed-code-execution(32804) vdb-entry
- 22797 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-0812 vdb-entry
- http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/
- VU#641456 third-party-advisory
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/03/wordpress-code-compromised-to-enable.html
- 24374 third-party-advisory