Tbelmans MM Forms Community 2.2.5 File Upload memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Tbelmans MM Forms Community 2.2.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component File Upload. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-3574. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Tbelmans MM Forms Community 2.2.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in includes/doajaxfileupload.php in the MM Forms Community plugin 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in upload/temp.

The weakness was published 06/15/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-3574 since 06/15/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Sammy FORGIT and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 (76133), Exploit-DB (18997), SecurityFocus (BID 53852†), OSVDB (82660†) and Secunia (SA49411†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Sammy FORGIT
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Suricata ID: 2015726
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-3574 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3574
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61000
X-Force: 76133 - MM Forms Community plugin for WordPress doajaxfileupload.php file upload
SecurityFocus: 53852 - WordPress MM Forms Community Plugin 'doajaxfileupload.php' Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Secunia: 49411 - WordPress MM Forms Community Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 82660

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 06/15/2025 15:38
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (57), 01/18/2018 07:47 (12), 06/15/2025 15:38 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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