HollerBox < 2.1.4 – Admin+ SQL Injection | CVE 2023-2111

Description

The plugin concatenates user input into an SQL query without escaping it first in the plugin's report API endpoint, which could allow administrators in multi-site configuration to leak sensitive information from the site's database.

Proof of Concept

1. Login as admin
2. Make sure HollerBox is installed and activated
3. From the /wp-admin/ page, navigate to HollerBox->Reports. Intercept the subsequent requests with a proxy.
4. Forward requests until the GET request for the following endpoint is intercepted: "/wp-json/hollerbox/report?before=<date>&after=<date>"
5. Modify the URL to be: /wp-json/hollerbox/report?before=&after='+UNION+SELECT+1,SLEEP(5),3,4,'5
6. Forward the request. The application will wait 5 seconds to respond due to the SLEEP(5) SQL function.