CVEs-PoC/2014/CVE-2014-8603.md

CVE-2014-8603

Description

cloner.functions.php in the XCloner plugin 3.1.1 for WordPress and 3.5.1 for Joomla! allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in the (1) file name when creating a backup or vectors related to the (2) $_CONFIG[tarpath], (3) $exclude, (4) $_CONFIG['tarcompress'], (5) $_CONFIG['filename'], (6) $_CONFIG['exfile_tar'], (7) $_CONFIG[sqldump], (8) $_CONFIG['mysql_host'], (9) $_CONFIG['mysql_pass'], (10) $_CONFIG['mysql_user'], (11) $database_name, or (12) $sqlfile variable.

POC

Reference

• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/
• http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/Xcloner-v3.1.1/

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