Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 34.06
- Affected Plugin
- WordPress Poll
- Affected Version
<= 34.05- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2013-1401
At a glance
CVE-2013-1401 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the WordPress Poll WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 34.05. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 34.06; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2013.
Vulnerability Overview
Multiple security bypass vulnerabilities in the editAnswer, deleteAnswer, addAnswer, and deletePoll functions in WordPress Poll Plugin 34.05 for WordPress allow a remote attacker to add, edit, and delete an answer and delete a poll.
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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Reaching this weakness in WordPress Poll <= 34.05 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 WordPress Poll the fix is 34.06: builds <= 34.05 are affected, anything from 34.06 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 34.06, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WordPress Poll: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WordPress Poll 34.06 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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