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CVE-2012-10025 affects the WordPress plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) version 3.5.1 and earlier. The vulnerability is a remote file inclusion flaw in core/actions/export.php. An unauthenticated attacker can supply a malicious value via the acf_abspath POST parameter, causing the application to include a remote PHP resource when PHP is configured with allow_url_include enabled. Because the included resource is executed by PHP, successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution in the context of the web server process.
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This repository contains a single Metasploit module targeting a remote file inclusion vulnerability (CVE-2012-10025) in the WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin (versions 3.5.1 and below). The exploit leverages the export.php script to include a remote PHP file, resulting in remote code execution if the PHP configuration option 'allow_url_include' is enabled. The module is written in Ruby and is structured as a standard Metasploit exploit, using the HttpClient and PHPInclude mixins. It defines two main actions: a check method to verify the presence of the vulnerable plugin, and an exploit method that sends a crafted POST request to export.php with a malicious acf_abspath parameter. The only file in the repository is the Metasploit module itself, and it is fully weaponized, allowing for customizable payloads via the Metasploit framework.
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