Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.7.3
- Affected Plugin
- I Recommend This – Love/Like Button for WordPress Posts
- Affected Version
< 3.7.3- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2014-10376
At a glance
CVE-2014-10376 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the I Recommend This WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 3.7.3. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.7.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2014, reported by Oskar Adin.
Vulnerability Overview
The i-recommend-this plugin before 3.7.3 for WordPress has 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 privileges on the target site, 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 I Recommend This < 3.7.3 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 I Recommend This the fix is 3.7.3: builds < 3.7.3 are affected, anything from 3.7.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.7.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to I Recommend This: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: I Recommend This 3.7.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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