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WordPress WP Time Capsule Arbitrary File Upload to RCE

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Disclosed
Nov 15, 2024
Created
Dec 13, 2024

Description

This module exploits an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the WordPress WP Time Capsule plugin
(versions code execution (RCE).

The validation logic in the vulnerable function improperly checks for allowed extensions.
If no valid extension is found, the check can be bypassed by using a filename of specific length
(e.g., "00.php") matching the length of allowed extensions like ".crypt".

Authors

Valentin Lobstein
Rein Daelman

Platform

Linux,PHP,Unix,Windows

Architectures

php, cmd

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