WordPress Simple Ads Manager 2.9.8.125 PHP Object Injection
Posted on 03 March 2017
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simple Ads Manager WordPress plugin unauthenticated PHP Object injection vulnerability ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yorick Koster, July 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstract ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A PHP Object injection vulnerability was found in the Simple Ads Manager WordPress plugin. The unauthenticated PHP Object injection vulnerability can be used by an unautenthicated user to instantiate arbitrary PHP Objects. This issue can potentially result in arbitrary code execution, but this has not been confirmed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------ OVE-20160712-0041 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tested versions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This issue was succesfully tested on the Simple Ads Manager WordPress plugin version 2.9.8.125. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fix ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There is currently no fix available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://sumofpwn.nl/advisory/2016/simple_ads_manager_wordpress_plugin_unauthenticated_php_object_injection_vulnerability.html This issue is possible due to two unsafe calls to unserialize() in the sam-ajax-loader.php file. The input is taken directly from the POST request as can be seen in the following code fragment: sam-ajax-loader.php: if ( in_array( $action, $allowed_actions ) ) { switch ( $action ) { case 'sam_ajax_load_place': echo json_encode( array( 'success' => false, 'error' => 'Deprecated...' ) ); break; case 'sam_ajax_load_ads': if ( ( isset( $_POST['ads'] ) && is_array( $_POST['ads'] ) ) && isset( $_POST['wc'] ) ) { $clauses = unserialize( base64_decode( $_POST['wc'] ) ); This issue can potentially result in arbitrary code execution, but this has not been confirmed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Summer of Pwnage (https://sumofpwn.nl) is a Dutch community project. Its goal is to contribute to the security of popular, widely used OSS projects in a fun and educational way.
