Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.2
- Affected Plugin
- All Video Gallery Plugin for WordPress
- Affected Version
< 1.2- CVSS
- 7.3High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2012-6653
At a glance
CVE-2012-6653 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the All Video Gallery Plugin for WordPress WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.2. It carries a CVSS score of 7.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2012.
Vulnerability Overview
The All Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via the ‘ vid’ and 'pid' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
All Video Gallery Plugin for WordPress < 1.2 carries this weakness at vid, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. SQL injection happens when request data is concatenated into a query instead of being bound as a parameter, letting an attacker change the structure of the statement rather than just its values.
A working injection can read any table the database user can see, which on a WordPress install means user records, password hashes and session or API secrets stored in options. For All Video Gallery Plugin for WordPress the fix is 1.2: builds < 1.2 are affected, anything from 1.2 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.2, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to All Video Gallery Plugin for WordPress: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: All Video Gallery Plugin for WordPress 1.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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