CVE-2015-2825

published 2015-04-21

CVE-2015-2825: Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in sam-ajax-admin.php in the Simple Ads Manager plugin before 2.5.96 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute…

Priority P2 63 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

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

EXPLOIT

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in sam-ajax-admin.php in the Simple Ads Manager plugin before 2.5.96 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in the directory specified by the path parameter.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
simple_ads_manager_project	simple_ads_manager	<= 2.5.94	—

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

path /wp-content/plugins/simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php↗

filename sam-ajax-admin.php↗

command action=upload_ad_image↗

• → The 'path' POST parameter is user-controlled and used directly as the upload directory; monitor for POST requests to sam-ajax-admin.php that include a 'path' parameter alongside a file upload ↗
• → Alert on direct HTTP GET/POST requests to newly uploaded files in the directory specified by the 'path' parameter under the WordPress plugins directory, particularly files with executable extensions ↗
• → Flag multipart/form-data POST requests to sam-ajax-admin.php where the uploaded filename has a .php (or other executable) extension ↗

• · The vulnerability exists in Simple Ads Manager versions before 2.5.96; ensure detection rules are scoped to environments running the affected plugin version (2.5.94 confirmed vulnerable) ↗
• · The upload destination is fully attacker-controlled via the unsanitized POST 'path' parameter, meaning uploaded webshells may appear in arbitrary directories — not just a fixed upload path ↗

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