WordPress Core < 6.0.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
3.6.1 – 6.0.1 · 25 branchesN/AVulnerability Overview
WordPress Core, in versions up to 6.0.2, is vulnerable to SQL Injection that can be exploited by authenticated users via the LIMIT parameter passed through the get_bookmarks function. This can be exploited on default WordPress installations by users with high-level privileges, such as an editor or administrator, and it may be possible for this to be exploited by lower-privileged users if a plugin/theme passes an unescaped user supplied LIMIT value from those level users to the get_bookmarks function.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.39, 3.8.39, 3.9.37, 4.0.36, 4.1.36, 4.2.33, 4.3.29, 4.4.28, 4.5.27, 4.6.24, 4.7.24, 4.8.20, 4.9.21, 5.0.17, 5.1.14, 5.2.16, 5.3.13, 5.4.11, 5.5.10, 5.6.9, 5.7.7, 5.8.5, 5.9.4, 6.0.2 --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')) The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.
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