WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

NEX-Forms < 7.9.7 - Authenticated SQLi

Description

The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape user input before using it in SQL statements, leading to SQL injections. The attack can be executed by anyone who is permitted to view the forms statistics chart, by default administrators, however can be configured otherwise via the plugin settings.

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=nex-forms-dashboard&form_id=1%20AND%20(SELECT%2042%20FROM%20(SELECT(SLEEP(5)))b)--

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
nex-forms-express-wp-form-builder
Fixed in 7.9.7

References

CVE
CVE-2022-3142
URL
https://github.com/ehtec/nex-forms-exploit
URL
https://medium.com/@elias.hohl/authenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-nex-forms-wordpress-plugin-35b8558dd0f5

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
A1: Injection
CWE
CWE-89
CVSS
6.8 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Elias Hohl
Submitter
Elias Hohl
Submitter website
https://ehtec.co
Submitter twitter
EliasHohl
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
8acc0fc6-efe6-4662-b9ac-6342a7823328

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-08-01 (about 1 years ago)
Added
2022-09-06 (about 1 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-09-06 (about 1 years ago)

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