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Vigil@nce - WordPress WPLMS: privilege escalation via admin-ajax.php
February 2015 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can use admin-ajax.php of WordPress WPLMS, in order to
escalate his privileges.
– Impacted products: WordPress Plugins
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 10/02/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The WPLMS theme can be installed on WordPress.
However, the import_data action of the admin-ajax.php script can
be used to modify the WordPress configuration.
An attacker can therefore use admin-ajax.php of WordPress WPLMS,
in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/WordPress-WPLMS-privilege-escalation-via-admin-ajax-php-16156
