CVE-2014-9305

Cart66 Lite :: WordPress Ecommerce < 1.5.2 - SQL Injection

2014-12-03 00:00
Kacper Szurek

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.5.2
Affected Plugin
Cart66 Lite :: WordPress Ecommerce
Affected Version
< 1.5.2
CVSS
8.8High
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2014-9305
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At a glance

CVE-2014-9305 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Cart66 Lite : WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.5.2. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.5.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2014, reported by Kacper Szurek.

Vulnerability Overview

SQL injection vulnerability in the shortcodeProductsTable function in models/Cart66Ajax.php in the Cart66 Lite plugin before 1.5.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in a shortcode_products_table action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

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 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 Cart66 Lite : < 1.5.2 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 Cart66 Lite : the fix is 1.5.2: builds < 1.5.2 are affected, anything from 1.5.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.5.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Cart66 Lite :: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Cart66 Lite : 1.5.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9305https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/675c86fb-e01f-4957-a49c-31b96383304fhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9305

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