WP-Property Plugin up to 1.35.0 on WordPress uploadify.php unrestricted upload

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in WP-Property Plugin up to 1.35.0 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part of the file uploadify.php. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-10027. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP-Property Plugin up to 1.35.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the file uploadify.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

WP-Property plugin for WordPress up to and including version 1.35.0 contains an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability in the third-party `uploadify.php` script. A remote attacker can upload arbitrary PHP files to a temporary directory without authentication, leading to remote code execution.

The weakness was shared by Sammy Forgit as 18987. It is possible to read the advisory at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-10027 since 08/05/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:uploadify.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (18987) and EUVD (EUVD-2012-6569). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• WP-Property Plugin

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35.0

Support

• end of life

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