WordPress MM Forms Community Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability


Description   Sammy Forgit has discovered a vulnerability in the MM Forms Community 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/mm-forms-community/includes/doajaxfileupload.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 confirmed in version 2.2.6. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress MM Forms Community 2.x
     
Solution   Restrict access to the doajaxfileupload.php script (e.g. via .htaccess).
     
CVE   CVE-2012-3574
     
References   OpenSysCom:
http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-mm-forms-community-shell-upload-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 
2012-06-07 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote