Mojoomla Hospital Management System for WordPress Theme < 22-05-2018 - SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 22-05-2018
- Affected Plugin
- Hospital Management System for Wordpress
- Affected Version
<= 08-03-2018- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2017-14846
At a glance
CVE-2017-14846 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Hospital Management System for Wordpress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 08-03-2018. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The issue is fixed in version 22-05-2018; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2017, reported by Ihsan Sencan.
Vulnerability Overview
Mojoomla Hospital Management System for WordPress allows SQL Injection via the id parameter.
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 Hospital Management System for Wordpress <= 08-03-2018 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 Hospital Management System for Wordpress the fix is 22-05-2018: builds <= 08-03-2018 are affected, anything from 22-05-2018 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 22-05-2018, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Hospital Management System for Wordpress: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Hospital Management System for Wordpress 22-05-2018 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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