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MainWP Child <= 4.1.7.1 - SQL Injection via orderby, order Parameters

2021-10-25 00:00
ZhongFu Su

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.1.8
Affected PluginMainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites
Affected Version< 4.1.8
CVSS7.2High
CVECVE-2021-24877
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Vulnerability Overview

The MainWP Child WordPress plugin before 4.1.8 does not validate the orderby and order parameter before using them in a SQL statement, leading to an SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin when the Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule plugin is installed

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.1.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')) The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24877https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a303875-ad8c-40ed-a3ab-4a63080c9845

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