Multiple WordPress Themes 'upload-handler. php' Arbitrary File upload Vulnerability

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Affected Systems:
WordPress
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 63768

WordPress is a blog platform developed in PHP. you can build your own website on servers that support PHP and MySQL databases.

Multiple themes of WordPress have a Remote File Upload Vulnerability in the implementation of the upload-handler.php, attackers can exploit this vulnerability to upload arbitrary files to the affected computer, resulting in arbitrary code execution.

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Alert

The following procedures (methods) may be offensive and are intended only for security research and teaching. Users are at your own risk!

Http://www.example.com/wp-content/themes/amplus/functions/upload-handler.php
Http://www.example.com/wp-content/themes/dimension/library/includes/upload-handler.php
Http://www.example.com/wp-content/themes/euclid/functions/upload-handler.php
Http://www.example.com/wp-content/themes/euclid_v1.x.x/functions/upload-handler.php

Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

WordPress
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Currently, the vendor does not provide patches or upgrade programs. We recommend that users who use the software follow the vendor's homepage to obtain the latest version:

Http://wordpress.org/