Description
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in wp_xml_export.php in the BackWPup plugin before 1.7.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the wpabs parameter.
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 1
- WordPress Plugin BackWPup - Remote Code Execution / Local Code Execution EDB-17056 · webapps · Mar 28, 2011
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-backwpup-remote-and-local-codeexecution-vulnerability-sos-11-003
- 71481 vdb-entry
- 17056 exploit
- http://www.senseofsecurity.com.au/advisories/SOS-11-003.pdf
- 20110328 Wordpress plugin BackWPup Remote and Local Code Execution Vulnerability - SOS-11-003 mailing-list
- 43565 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20111122 RE: Fwd: Wordpress plugin BackWPup Remote and Local Code Execution Vulnerability - SOS-11-003 mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20111122 Fwd: Wordpress plugin BackWPup Remote and Local Code Execution Vulnerability - SOS-11-003 mailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/99799/SOS-11-003.txt