CVE-2015-9234

CP Contact Form with PayPal < 1.1.6 - SQL Injection

2015-07-09 00:00
Nitin Venkatesh

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.1.6
Affected Plugin
CP Contact Form with PayPal
Affected Version
< 1.1.6
CVSS
7.2High
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2015-9234
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At a glance

CVE-2015-9234 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the CP Contact Form with PayPal WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.1.6. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.1.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2015, reported by Nitin Venkatesh.

Vulnerability Overview

The CP Contact Form with PayPal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'cp_contactformpp_id' parameter found in the 'cp_contactformpp.php' file in versions up to 1.1.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

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')

CP Contact Form with PayPal < 1.1.6 carries this weakness at cp_contactformpp_id, and reaching it 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 CP Contact Form with PayPal the fix is 1.1.6: builds < 1.1.6 are affected, anything from 1.1.6 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.1.6, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to CP Contact Form with PayPal: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: CP Contact Form with PayPal 1.1.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9234https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bacd7942-99f6-46e0-85ef-863ab1bdfa6ahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9234

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