Description
ATutor 2.2.4 allows Arbitrary File Upload and Directory Traversal, resulting in remote code execution via a ".." pathname in a ZIP archive to the mods/_core/languages/language_import.php (aka Import New Language) or mods/_standard/patcher/index_admin.php (aka Patcher) component.
Public exploits
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Metasploit 1 module
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ATutor 2.2.4 - Directory Traversal / Remote Code Execution,
exploit/multi/http/atutor_upload_traversal
GitHub 1 repository
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fuzzlove/ATutor-2.2.4-Language-Exploit ★ 4 · May 24, 2019
ATutor 2.2.4 Arbitrary File Upload / RCE (CVE-2019-12169)
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://github.com/fuzzlove
- https://github.com/fuzzlove/ATutor-2.2.4-Language-Exploit
- http://incidentsecurity.com/atutor-2-2-4-language_import-arbitrary-file-upload-rce/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153870/ATutor-2.2.4-Arbitrary-File-Upload-Command-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158246/ATutor-2.2.4-Directory-Traversal-Remote-Code-Execution.html