BuddyPress - 1.5-1.5.4 - SQL Injection

2012-03-27 00:00
Ivan Terkin

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.5.5
Affected PluginBuddyPress
Affected Version1.5 – 1.5.4
CVSS9.8Critical
CVECVE-2012-2109
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Vulnerability Overview

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-load.php in the BuddyPress plugin 1.5.x before 1.5.5 of WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the page parameter in an activity_widget_filter action.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.5.5, or a newer patched version --- 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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