Check Point Advisories

WordPress Gmedia Gallery Shell Upload

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1783
Date Published:	31 Aug 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 07 September, 2014
Source:
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress Gmedia Gallery 1.2.1
Vulnerability Description	Gmedia Gallery plugin is prone to Shell Upload vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit these issues to include an arbitrary remote file containing malicious PHP code and execute it in the context of the webserver process.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Gmedia Gallery Shell Upload protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress Gmedia Gallery Shell Upload