CM Pop-Up banners <= 1.5.10 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via getStatistics

2023-05-03 00:00
Dave Jong

Vulnerability Overview

The CM Pop-Up banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the getStatistics function in versions up to, and including, 1.5.10 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers , with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. The plugin patched the issue by commenting out the function calls to functions that contained vulnerable SQL queries.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.6.0, 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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