Vigil@nce - WordPress zM Ajax Login & Register: code execution via arbitrary file inclusion
August 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can traverse directories of WordPress zM Ajax Login &
Register, in order to execute any file outside the service root
path.
Impacted products: WordPress Plugins
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 05/06/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The zM Ajax Login & Register plugin can be installed on WordPress.
However, data from the "template" paramter in the URL are directly
inserted in an access path. Sequences such as "/.." can thus be
used to go in the upper directory.
An attacker can therefore traverse directories of WordPress zM
Ajax Login & Register, in order to execute any file outside the
service root path.
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