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Ajax Load More Local File Inclusion vulnerability


From: Summer of Pwnage <lists () securify nl>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 18:21:14 +0200

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Ajax Load More Local File Inclusion vulnerability
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Burak Kelebek, July 2016

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Abstract
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It was discovered that the Ajax Load More WordPress plugin is vulnerable
to Local File Inclusion. This issue can potentially be exploited to run
arbitrary PHP code. In order to do so, the attacker must be able to
place an arbitrary PHP file on the target system. The malicious file
must have the .php extension.

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OVE ID
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OVE-20160712-0034

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Tested versions
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This issue was succesfully tested on the Ajax Load More - Infinite
Scroll WordPress Plugin version 2.11.1.

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Fix
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This issue is fixed in version 2.11.2

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Details
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https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/ajax_load_more_local_file_inclusion_vulnerability.html

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