Form Manager Plugin up to 1.7.2 on WordPress ajax.php fm_saveHelperGatherItems command injection

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A vulnerability was found in Form Manager Plugin up to 1.7.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function fm_saveHelperGatherItems of the file ajax.php. Performing a manipulation results in command injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-7806. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Form Manager Plugin up to 1.7.2 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects the function fm_saveHelperGatherItems of the file ajax.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Eval injection vulnerability in the fm_saveHelperGatherItems function in ajax.php in the Form Manager plugin before 1.7.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 10/10/2017. The weakness was released 10/17/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at appcheck-ng.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7806 since 10/10/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:ajax.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Form Manager Plugin

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• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1
• 1.7.2

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