------------------------------------------------------------------------ Insert PHP WordPress Plugin allows authenticated user to execute arbitrary PHP ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Marcel Vermeulen <vermeulen.mc.at.gmail.com> & Ed van der Vlies <ecvdvlies.at.gmail.com>, July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract ------------------------------------------------------------------------ It was found that the Insert PHP WordPress Plugin allows an authenticated user with Contributor role (or higher) to run arbitrary PHP code. Consequently, this effectively disables any security controls implemented in WordPress. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE-20160712-0001 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tested versions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ These issues were successfully tested on Insert PHP WordPress Plugin version 1.3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is currently no fix available. The author of the Insert PHP WordPress Plugin has indicated that this issue will not be resolved/mitigated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/insert_php_wordpress_plugin_allows_authenticated_user_to_execute_arbitrary_php.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summer of Pwnage (https://sumofpwn.nl) is a Dutch community project. Its goal is to contribute to the security of popular, widely used OSS projects in a fun and educational way.
