News & Blog Designer Pack โ€“ WordPress Blog Plugin <= 3.4.1 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Local File Inclusion

8.1
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVE CVE-2023-5815
CVSS 8.1 (High)
Publicly Published October 26, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Florian Hauser

Description

The News & Blog Designer Pack โ€“ WordPress Blog Plugin โ€” (Blog Post Grid, Blog Post Slider, Blog Post Carousel, Blog Post Ticker, Blog Post Masonry) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 via the bdp_get_more_post function hooked via a nopriv AJAX. This is due to function utilizing an unsafe extract() method to extract values from the POST variable and passing that input to the include() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include arbitrary PHP files and achieve remote code execution. On vulnerable Docker configurations it may be possible for an attacker to create a PHP file and then subsequently include it to achieve RCE.

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Vulnerability Details for Blog Grid & Post Grid โ€“ Blog Post Slider, Blog Post Carousel, Blog Post Ticker, Blog Post Masonry, Category Post Grid By News & Blog Designer Pack

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug blog-designer-pack (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.4.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.4.1
Patched Version
  • 3.4.2

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