CVE-2012-3814

published 2012-06-27

CVE-2012-3814: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in font-upload.php in the Font Uploader plugin 1.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code…

Priority P2 62 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in font-upload.php in the Font Uploader plugin 1.2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a PHP file with a .php.ttf extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in font-uploader/fonts.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
pippin_williamson	font_uploader	—	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

path /wp-content/plugins/font-uploader/fonts/↗

filename lo.php.ttf↗

path /wp-content/plugins/font-uploader/fonts/lo.php.ttf↗

• → Detect HTTP POST requests targeting font-upload.php in the Font Uploader WordPress plugin, particularly multipart uploads containing files with a .php.ttf double extension. ↗
• → Alert on any HTTP GET request directly accessing files under /wp-content/plugins/font-uploader/fonts/ with a .php.ttf extension, which indicates webshell execution after a successful upload. ↗
• → Use the Google dork 'inurl:/wp-content/plugins/font-uploader/' to identify exposed vulnerable WordPress installations for proactive scanning. ↗

• · The vulnerability is specific to Font Uploader plugin version 1.2.4 for WordPress. Only this version is confirmed vulnerable; verify plugin version before applying detections. ↗

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