WordPress Remote Code Execution via Plugin Upload (CVE-2024-31210)

2024-10-19 17:42

WordPress is a widely used open publishing platform for the web. A security vulnerability was discovered that allows administrator-level users on single-site installations and Super Admin-level users on Multisite installations to execute arbitrary PHP code. This vulnerability affects WordPress versions prior to 6.4.3 and was addressed in a ...

Blog: CVE-2023-4634 - Tricky Unauthenticated RCE on Wordpress Media ...

To achieve our RCE, we now need a MSL file on the fileserver. Indeed, the msl: formatter does not accept remote file ... Wordpress security team report to Plugin creator: 08/17/2023; Acknowledgement and patching from Plugin creator: 08/18/2023; Official Patch released: 08/21/2023 (3.10)

Hackers try to exploit WordPress plugin vulnerability that's as severe ...

Researchers from security firm Patchstack disclosed last month that WP Automatic versions 3.92.0 and below had a vulnerability with a severity rating of 9.9 out of a possible 10. The plugin ...

Remote Code Execution: A Guide for WordPress Users - iThemes

RCE, sometimes called code injection, is an increasingly common way for hackers to compromise websites of all kinds, including sites that run WordPress as their content management system. In this guide, we'll explain in detail what a remote code execution attack looks like, and the steps you need to take to avoid one. Let's take a look.

WordPress 6.4.2 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

WordPress this week released a security update for the popular content management system (CMS) to address a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. The flaw addressed in the open source CMS is a property oriented programming (POP) chain issue introduced in WordPress core 6.4. It can be combined with a different object injection flaw ...

Critical WordPress Plug-in RCE Bug Exposes Reams of Websites to Takeover

A critical unauthenticated remote control execution (RCE) bug in a backup plug-in that's been downloaded more than 90,000 times exposes vulnerable WordPress sites to takeover — another example ...

Analysis of a WordPress Remote Code Execution attack

This article shows our analysis of a known attack (presented in February 2019) against WordPress versions 5.0.0 and lower, awarding an intruder with arbitrary code execution on the webserver. The article covers each exploitation step and HTTP request required for a successful attack.

50K WordPress sites exposed to RCE attacks by ... - BleepingComputer

50K WordPress sites exposed to RCE attacks by critical bug in backup plugin. By. Sergiu Gatlan. December 11, 2023. 05:46 PM. 2. A critical severity vulnerability in a WordPress plugin with more ...

600K WordPress sites impacted by critical plugin RCE vulnerability

Essential Addons for Elementor, a popular WordPress plugin used in over a million sites, has been found to have a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in version 5.0.4 and older.

WordPress fixes POP chain exposing websites to RCE attacks

WordPress has released version 6.4.2 that addresses a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could be chained with another flaw to allow attackers run arbitrary PHP code on the target website.

Nvd - Cve-2023-22622

Description . WordPress through 6.1.1 depends on unpredictable client visits to cause wp-cron.php execution and the resulting security updates, and the source code describes "the scenario where a site may not receive enough visits to execute scheduled tasks in a timely manner," but neither the installation guide nor the security guide mentions this default behavior, or alerts the user about ...

From CSRF to RCE and WordPress-site takeover: CVE-2020-8417

2020-02-05. A high-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-8417, exists in a popular WordPress plugin called Code Snippets, rendering over 200,000 websites vulnerable to site takeover. In this Blog-post, we will cover what caused the flaw, an example Proof-Of-Concept showing exploitation in a sandbox ...

WordPress 5.1 CSRF to Remote Code Execution | Sonar - SonarSource

March 13, 2019. Date. Security. Last month we released an authenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in WordPress 5.0. This blog post reveals another critical exploit chain for WordPress 5.1 that enables an unauthenticated attacker to gain remote code execution on any WordPress installation prior to version 5.1.1 (CVE-2019-9787).

WordPress File Manager Plugin Exploit for Unauthenticated RCE

WordPress File Manager RCE. In the 1st week of September, a critical vulnerability was found on one of the popular WordPress plugins called File Manager. The successful exploit of this ...

brianwrf/WordPress_4.9.8_RCE_POC - GitHub

A simple PoC for WordPress RCE (author priviledge), refer to CVE-2019-8942 and CVE-2019-8943. - brianwrf/WordPress_4.9.8_RCE_POC

leoanggal1/CVE-2023-3452-PoC: Wordpress Plugin Canto - GitHub

Here we explain a PoC of the latest RFI (Remote File Inclusion) vulnerability of the Canto Wordpress Pluging, and we have developed an exploit to automate the execution of commands. "The Canto plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 3.0.4 via the 'wp_abspath' parameter.

Wordpress | HackTricks

This file usually exists under the root of the Wordpress site: /wp-cron.php When this file is accessed a "heavy" MySQL query is performed, so I could be used by attackers to cause a DoS.Also, by default, the wp-cron.php is called on every page load (anytime a client requests any Wordpress page), which on high-traffic sites can cause problems (DoS).. It is recommended to disable Wp-Cron and ...