Snap Creek Duplicator up to 1.2.41 installer.php code injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Snap Creek Duplicator up to 1.2.41 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file installer.php. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-17207. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in Snap Creek Duplicator up to 1.2.41 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file installer.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Snap Creek Duplicator before 1.2.42. By accessing leftover installer files (installer.php and installer-backup.php), an attacker can inject PHP code into wp-config.php during the database setup step, achieving arbitrary code execution.

The bug was discovered 08/29/2018. The weakness was disclosed 09/19/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at snapcreek.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-17207 since 09/19/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:installer.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.2.42 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Snap Creek Duplicator

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18
• 1.2.19
• 1.2.20
• 1.2.21
• 1.2.22
• 1.2.23
• 1.2.24
• 1.2.25
• 1.2.26
• 1.2.27
• 1.2.28
• 1.2.29
• 1.2.30
• 1.2.31
• 1.2.32
• 1.2.33
• 1.2.34
• 1.2.35
• 1.2.36
• 1.2.37
• 1.2.38
• 1.2.39
• 1.2.40
• 1.2.41

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