WordPress Platform Theme File Upload Vulnerability
01/21/2015
05/30/2018
Description
The WordPress Theme "platform" contains a remote code execution vulnerability through an unchecked admin_init call. The theme includes the uploaded file from its temp filename with php's include function.
Author(s)
- Marc-Alexandre Montpas
- Christian Mehlmauer <FireFart@gmail.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/unix/webapp/wp_platform_exec
msf exploit(wp_platform_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(wp_platform_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(wp_platform_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(wp_platform_exec) > exploit
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