Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.0
- Affected Plugin
- Memphis Documents Library
- Affected Version
<= 2.6.16- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-98 · Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
- CVE
CVE-2014-10384
At a glance
CVE-2014-10384 is a critical-severity Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in the Memphis Documents Library WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.6.16. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2015.
Vulnerability Overview
The Memphis Documents Library plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 2.6.16. This allows unauthorized attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.
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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-98: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
Memphis Documents Library <= 2.6.16 carries this weakness at safe, and reaching it 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 Memphis Documents Library the fix is 3.0: builds <= 2.6.16 are affected, anything from 3.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Memphis Documents Library: 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: Memphis Documents Library 3.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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External References
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