module

WordPress Holding Pattern Theme Arbitrary File Upload

Disclosed
2015-02-11
Created
2018-05-30

Description

This module exploits a file upload vulnerability in all versions of the
Holding Pattern theme found in the upload_file.php script which contains
no session or file validation. It allows unauthenticated users to upload
files of any type and subsequently execute PHP scripts in the context of
the web server.

Authors

Alexander Borg
rastating

Platform

PHP

Architectures

php

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/unix/webapp/wp_holding_pattern_file_upload
msf exploit(wp_holding_pattern_file_upload) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(wp_holding_pattern_file_upload) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(wp_holding_pattern_file_upload) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(wp_holding_pattern_file_upload) > exploit

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