WP Advanced Search <= 1.1.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
Vulnerability Overview
The Advanced Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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.
External References
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