WordPress Sitemile Auctions Plugin Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability


Description   Sammy Forgit has reported a vulnerability in the Sitemile Auctions 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/auctionPlugin/upload.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 2.0.1.3. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress Sitemile Auctions Plugin 2.x
     
Solution   Update to version 2.0.2.
     
CVE  
     
References   OpenSysCom:
http://www.opensyscom.fr/Actualites/wordpress-plugins-wordpress-auctions-plugin-arbitrary-file-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 
2012-06-19 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote