CVE-2022-40312

GiveWP <= 2.25.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery via give_get_content_by_ajax_handler

2023-03-08 00:00
Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.25.2
Affected Plugin
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
Affected Version
<= 2.25.1
CVSS
4.1Medium
Weakness type
CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE
CVE-2022-40312
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At a glance

CVE-2022-40312 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the GiveWP WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.25.1. It carries a CVSS score of 4.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.25.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2023, reported by Rafie Muhammad.

Vulnerability Overview

The GiveWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.25.1 via the 'give_get_content_by_ajax_handler'. This can allow authenticated attackers with administrator-level privileges to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

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.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

GiveWP <= 2.25.1 carries this weakness at give_get_content_by_ajax_handler, and reaching it takes an account at Admin level or above. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For GiveWP the fix is 2.25.2: builds <= 2.25.1 are affected, anything from 2.25.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.25.2, 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: GiveWP 2.25.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-40312https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2379a029-cc0d-4fa2-9aeb-47a4abd6b51ahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40312

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