WordPress Business Intelligence Lite Plugin Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability


Description   A vulnerability has been reported in the Business Intelligence Lite plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the wp-content/plugins/wp-business-intelligence-lite/resources/open-flash-chart/php-ofc-library/ofc_upload_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.
The vulnerability is reported in version 1.0.6. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress Business Intelligence Lite Plugin 1.x
     
Solution   Update to version 1.3.
     
CVE  
     
References   Business Intelligence Lite:
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-business-intelligence-lite/changelog/
Manish Kishan Tanwar:
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/125927/WordPress-Business-Intelligence-1.0.6-Shell-Upload.html
     
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 
2014-03-31 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote