Wordpress Plugin Modern Events Calendar - Authenticated Remote Code Execution
Description
This module allows an attacker with a privileged Wordpress account to launch a reverse shell
due to an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Wordpress plugin Modern Events Calendar < 5.16.5.
This is due to an incorrect check of the uploaded file extension.
Indeed, by using `text/csv` content-type in a request, it is possible to upload a .php payload as is is not forbidden by the plugin.
Finally, the uploaded payload can be triggered by a call to `/wp-content/uploads/
Author(s)
- Nguyen Van Khanh
- Ron Jost
- Yann Castel (yann.castel <Yann Castel (yann.castel@orange.com)>
Platform
PHP
Architectures
php
Development
Module Options
To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':
msf > use exploit/multi/http/wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce
msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(wp_plugin_modern_events_calendar_rce) > exploit
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