CVE-2024-8911

LatePoint <= 5.0.11 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Change via SQL Injection

2024-09-20 00:00
István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 5.0.12
Affected Plugin
LatePoint Plugin
Affected Version
<= 5.0.11
CVSS
9.8Critical
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2024-8911
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At a glance

CVE-2024-8911 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the LatePoint Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 5.0.11. 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 5.0.12; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2024, reported by István Márton.

Vulnerability Overview

The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Password Change via SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 5.0.11. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts. Note that changing a WordPress user's password is only possible if the "Use WordPress users as customers" setting is enabled, which is disabled by default. Without this setting enabled, only the passwords of plugin customers, which are stored and managed in a separate database table, can be modified.

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 LatePoint Plugin <= 5.0.11 takes no account at all. 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 LatePoint Plugin the fix is 5.0.12: builds <= 5.0.11 are affected, anything from 5.0.12 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 5.0.12, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: LatePoint Plugin 5.0.12 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8911https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5c9a23a3-5eb5-4f5b-bf32-c9d163426f29https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8911

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