WordPress This Way Theme Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in the This Way theme for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the wp-content/themes/ThisWay/includes/uploadify/upload_settings_image.php script allowing the upload of files with arbitrary extensions to a folder inside the webroot. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a malicious PHP script.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress This Way Theme
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/123895/wpthisway-shell.txt
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
Upload of a PHP file in a vulnerable web application
5.0.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
High 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2013-11-12 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote