Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the q 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 Pixarbay Images 2.3 - Multiple Vulnerabilities EDB-35846 · webapps · Jan 20, 2015
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20150120 MSA-2015-01: Wordpress Plugin Pixabay Images Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=1067992%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php&old=926633%40pixabay-images%2Ftrunk%2Fpixabay-images.php
- pixarbay-wordpress-q-dir-traversal(100036) vdb-entry
- 117147 vdb-entry
- 35846 exploit
- 20150119 MSA-2015-01: Wordpress Plugin Pixabay Images Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20150125 CVE request: MSA-2015-01: Wordpress Plugin Pixabay Images Multiple Vulnerabilities mailing-list
- https://www.mogwaisecurity.de/advisories/MSA-2015-01.txt
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130017/WordPress-Pixarbay-Images-2.3-XSS-Bypass-Upload-Traversal.html
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/pixabay-images/changelog/