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WordPress WP Symposium 14.11 Shell Upload

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Disclosed
Dec 11, 2014
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

WP Symposium Plugin for WordPress contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker
to execute arbitrary PHP code. This flaw exists because the
/wp-symposium/server/file_upload_form.php script does not properly verify or
sanitize user-uploaded files. By uploading a .php file, the remote system will
place the file in a user-accessible path. Making a direct request to the
uploaded file will allow the attacker to execute the script with the privileges
of the web server.

Authors

Claudio Viviani
rastating

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