WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin CVE-2014-6059 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

BID:69549

CVE-2014-6059 |

Info

WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin CVE-2014-6059 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 69549
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2014-6059
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 03 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 03 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Tom Adams of security.dxw.com
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin CVE-2014-6059 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

Advanced Access Manager plugin for WordPress is prone to a vulnerability that may allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary local files.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary local files and execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application.

Advanced Access Manager 2.8.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin CVE-2014-6059 Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue using a web browser.
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