AccessPress Anonymous Post Pro <= 3.1.9 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

9.8
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2017-16949
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published December 19, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Colette Chamberland

Description

An issue was discovered in the AccessKeys AccessPress Anonymous Post Pro plugin through 3.1.9 for WordPress. Improper input sanitization allows the attacker to override the settings for allowed file extensions and upload file size, related to inc/cores/file-uploader.php and file-uploader/file-uploader-class.php. This allows the attacker to upload anything they want to the server, as demonstrated by an action=ap_file_upload_action&allowedExtensions[]=php request to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php that results in a .php file upload and resultant PHP code execution.

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Vulnerability Details for accesspress-anonymous-post-pro

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug accesspress-anonymous-post-pro
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.2.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 3.2.0
Patched Version
  • 3.2.0

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