Wordpress wordTube plugin wordtube-button.php file include
| wordtube-wordtube-file-include (33996) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Wordpress wordTube plugin could allow a remote attacker to include arbitrary files. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the wordtube-button.php script using the wpPATH parameter to specify a malicious file from a remote or the local system, which could allow the attacker to obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable Web server.
Note: In order to exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code using a local file, the attacker would first be required to upload a malicious file or inject arbitrary commands into an existing file.
Platforms Affected:
- Alex Rabe, Wordpress wordTube plugin 1.43 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Wordpress wordTube (1.44 or later), available from the alexrabe Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- alexrabe Web site, Wordpress wordTube at http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/?page_id=20.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed May 02 2007 - 05:22:40 CDT , [ECHO_ADV_81$2007] wordpress plugins wordTube <= 1.43 (wpPATH) Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0014.html.
- BID-23737: WordPress Plugins Multiple Remote File Include Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2481: PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in wordtube-button.php in the wordTube 1.43 and earlier plugin for WordPress, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the wpPATH parameter.
- CVE-2007-2482: Directory traversal vulnerability in wordtube-button.php in the wordTube 1.43 and earlier plugin for WordPress, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the wpPATH parameter.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-1615: wordTube Plugin for WordPress wppath Parameter Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability
- SA25074: WordPress wordTube Plugin "wpPATH" File Inclusion
Reported:
May 01, 2007
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