Floating Chat Widget - Chaty <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

2022-11-14 00:00
Nguyen Duy Quoc Khanh

Vulnerability Overview

The Chaty plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 3.0.2 due to insufficient escaping on the $chaty_leads parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level privileges or higher, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.0.3, 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.

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