Summary
Wordpress Complete Gallery Manager plugin is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files. The issue occurs because the application fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input.
Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary code and run it in the context of the webserver process. This may facilitate unauthorized access or privilege escalation
other attacks are also possible.
Solution
Ask the vendor for an update
Insight
The vulnerability is located in the
/plugins/complete-gallery-manager/frames/ path when processing to upload via the upload-images.php file own malicious context or webshells. After the upload the remote attacker can access the file with one extension and exchange it with the other one to execute for example php codes.
Affected
Wordpress Complete Gallery Manager v3.3.3
Detection
Upload a file by sending a HTTP POST request.
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