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Wordpress Plugin Modern Events Calendar - Authenticated Remote Code Execution

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Disclosed
Jan 29, 2021
Created
Jul 26, 2021

Description

This module allows an attacker with a privileged Wordpress account to launch a reverse shell
due to an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Wordpress plugin Modern Events Calendar
This is due to an incorrect check of the uploaded file extension.
Indeed, by using `text/csv` content-type in a request, it is possible to upload a .php payload as is is not forbidden by the plugin.
Finally, the uploaded payload can be triggered by a call to `/wp-content/uploads/.php`

Authors

Nguyen Van Khanh
Ron Jost
Yann Castel (yann.castel Yann Castel ([email protected])

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_modern_events_calendar_rce
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > exploit
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