Likno AllWebMenus plugin 1.1.8 Access Restriction actions.php access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Likno AllWebMenus plugin 1.1.8. This affects an unknown part of the file actions.php of the component Access Restriction. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-1011. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Likno AllWebMenus plugin 1.1.8. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the file actions.php of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

actions.php in the AllWebMenus plugin 1.1.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code by setting the HTTP_REFERER to a certain value, then uploading a ZIP file containing a PHP file, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in an unspecified directory.

The weakness was disclosed 02/07/2012 by 6Scan (Website). The advisory is shared at wordpress.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-1011 since 02/07/2012. 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 and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by 6Scan and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 16 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:actions.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 X-Force (72640), Exploit-DB (18407), SecurityFocus (BID 51615†), OSVDB (78502†) and Secunia (SA47659†). The entry VDB-60116 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: 6Scan
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02/07/2012 +15 days 🔍
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Advisory: wordpress.org
Researcher: 6Scan
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1011 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1011
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60117
X-Force: 72640
SecurityFocus: 51615 - WordPress AllWebMenus Plugin 'actions.php' Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Secunia: 47659
OSVDB: 78502
Vulnerability Center: 34696 - AllWebMenus Plugin 1.1.8 for WordPress Remote PHP Code Execution via a Certain Value in HTTP_REFERER, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 06/08/2025 04:15
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (52), 04/10/2017 12:04 (18), 06/08/2025 04:15 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:B6B:103

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