DZS Video Gallery < 7.95 - Limited Local File Inclusion

2014-09-27 00:00
aceeeeeeeer

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.95
Affected Plugin
DZS Video Gallery
Affected Version
< 7.95
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-98 · Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVE
CVE pending
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At a glance

This record tracks a medium-severity Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in the DZS Video Gallery WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 7.95. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 7.95; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2014, reported by aceeeeeeeer.

Vulnerability Overview

The DZS Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to remote/local file inclusion in versions up to, and excluding, 7.95. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to retrieve local and remote files with a .swf extension.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-98: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

Reaching this weakness in DZS Video Gallery < 7.95 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. PHP file inclusion means a path used by include or require is built from request data, so the file that gets executed is under the caller's influence.

Including an attacker-influenced file executes its contents, which is why this class is routinely chained with an upload or log-poisoning step to reach code execution. For DZS Video Gallery the fix is 7.95: builds < 7.95 are affected, anything from 7.95 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.95, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to DZS Video Gallery: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: DZS Video Gallery 7.95 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/582e2896-d800-4d73-8cef-8af76cba1ba8

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