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Wordpress Plugin Elementor Authenticated Upload Remote Code Execution

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Disclosed
Mar 29, 2022
Created
Oct 4, 2022

Description

The WordPress plugin Elementor versions 3.6.0 - 3.6.2, inclusive have a vulnerability
that allows any authenticated user to upload and execute any PHP file. This is achieved
by sending a request to install Elementor Pro from a user supplied zip file.
Any user with Subscriber or more permissions is able to execute this.
Tested against Elementor 3.6.1

Authors

Ramuel Gall
AkuCyberSec
h00die

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/multi/http/wp_plugin_elementor_auth_upload_rce
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_elementor_auth_upload_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_elementor_auth_upload_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_elementor_auth_upload_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_elementor_auth_upload_rce) > exploit
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