Five Minute Webshop <= 1.3.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection via id
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.3.3
- Affected Plugin
- Five Minute Webshop
- Affected Version
<= 1.3.2- CVSS
- 7.2High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2022-1686
At a glance
CVE-2022-1686 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Five Minute Webshop WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.3.2. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2022, reported by Shi Chen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany).
Vulnerability Overview
The Five Minute Webshop WordPress plugin through 1.3.2 does not sanitise and escape the id parameter before using it in a SQL statement when editing a product via the admin dashboard, leading to an SQL Injection
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 Five Minute Webshop <= 1.3.2 takes an account at Admin level or above. 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 Five Minute Webshop the fix is 1.3.3: builds <= 1.3.2 are affected, anything from 1.3.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.3.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Admin access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Five Minute Webshop 1.3.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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