WordPress Post Recommendations Plugin "abspath" File Inclusion Vulnerability


Description   Sammy Forgit has discovered a vulnerability in the Post Recommendations plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Input passed to the "abspath" parameter in wp-content/plugins/post-recommendations-for-wordpress/lib/api.php is not properly verified before being used to include files. This can be exploited to include arbitrary files from local or remote resources.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1.2. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress Post Recommendations Plugin 1.x
     
Solution   No official solution is currently available.
     
CVE  
     
References   Opensyscom:
http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/post-recommendations-for-wordpress-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability.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 
2012-07-16 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote