Splashing Images Plugin up to 2.1.0 on WordPress wp-splashing-admin-main.php session Serialized code injection

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A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Splashing Images Plugin up to 2.1.0 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php. The manipulation of the argument session as part of GET Parameter leads to code injection (Serialized). This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-6195. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Splashing Images Plugin up to 2.1.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This issue affects an unknown code of the file admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php. The manipulation of the argument session as part of a GET Parameter leads to a code injection vulnerability (Serialized). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php in the Splashing Images plugin (wp-splashing-images) before 2.1.1 for WordPress allows authenticated (administrator, editor, or author) remote attackers to conduct PHP Object Injection attacks via crafted serialized data in the 'session' HTTP GET parameter to wp-admin/upload.php.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2018. The weakness was published 01/30/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-6195 since 01/24/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple 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 T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/partials/wp-splashing-admin-main.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 2.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entry is available at VDB-112654. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Splashing Images Plugin

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• 2.0
• 2.1.0

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