WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

List Category Posts < 0.92.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Plugin's Shortcode

Description

The List category posts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘starting_with’ parameter of the catlist shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.91.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 0.92.0

References

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Khanh Nguyen - BlueRock
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-12-10 (about 6 months ago)
Added
2025-12-10 (about 6 months ago)
Last Updated
2025-12-11 (about 6 months ago)

Other