Description
Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php in the Kish Guest Posting plugin before 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with a PHP extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the folder 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 Kish Guest Posting 1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload EDB-18412 · webapps · Jan 23, 2012
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 47688 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20120308 Re: CVE-request: Kish Guest Posting Plugin for WordPress File Upload Remote PHP Code Execution mailing-list
- http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/403694/kish-guest-posting/trunk/uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php
- [oss-security] 20120306 Re: CVE-request: Kish Guest Posting Plugin for WordPress File Upload Remote PHP Code Execution mailing-list
- http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/kish-guest-posting/trunk/readme.txt
- wp-kishguest-uploadify-file-upload(79563) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20120306 CVE-request: Kish Guest Posting Plugin for WordPress File Upload Remote PHP Code Execution mailing-list
- 51638 vdb-entry
- 20120123 Wordpress Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.0 (uploadify.php) Unrestricted File Upload Vulnerability mailing-list
- 18412 exploit
- 78479 vdb-entry