Contest Gallery <= 19.1.4.1 - Authenticated (Author+) SQL Injection via cg_activate and cg_deactivate

2022-11-29 00:00

Kunal Sharma

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 19.1.5

Affected PluginContest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe

Affected Version<= 19.1.4.1

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2022-4163

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Vulnerability Overview

The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 19.1.4.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied cg_activate and cg_deactivate parameters and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-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 19.1.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4163 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d080f5b-6646-47ef-8ae7-8b94270f9f59

CVSS Vector

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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