Description
The ThemePunch Slider Revolution (revslider) plugin before 3.0.96 for WordPress and Showbiz Pro plugin 1.7.1 and earlier for Wordpress does not properly restrict access to administrator AJAX functionality, which allows remote attackers to (1) upload and execute arbitrary files via an update_plugin action; (2) delete arbitrary sliders via a delete_slider action; and (3) create, (4) update, (5) import, or (6) export arbitrary sliders via unspecified vectors.
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.
Metasploit 1 module
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WordPress RevSlider File Upload and Execute Vulnerability
exploit/unix/webapp/wp_revslider_upload_execute
Exploit-DB 1
- WordPress Plugin RevSlider 3.0.95 - Arbitrary File Upload / Execution (Metasploit) EDB-36957 · remote · May 8, 2015 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- WordPress RevSlider - Remote Code Execution via File Upload http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-9735.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.
References
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/7954
- https://blog.sucuri.net/2014/12/revslider-vulnerability-leads-to-massive-wordpress-soaksoak-compromise.html
- http://www.themepunch.com/products/old-revolution-slider-pre-4-2-vulnerabilty-explained/
- 20151125 Slider Revolution/Showbiz Pro shell upload exploit mailing-list
- 71306 vdb-entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/patch-for-revolution-slider/trunk/revsliderpatch.php
- https://whatisgon.wordpress.com/2014/11/30/another-revslider-vulnerability/