Membership Simplified <= 1.58 Beta - SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.58
- Affected Plugin
- Membership Simplified
- Affected Version
< 1.58- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2017-1002010
At a glance
CVE-2017-1002010 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Membership Simplified WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.58. 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 1.58; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2017, reported by Larry W. Cashdollar.
Vulnerability Overview
Vulnerability in wordpress plugin Membership Simplified v1.58, The code in membership-simplified-for-oap-members-only/updateDB.php is vulnerable to blind SQL injection because it doesn't sanitize user input via recordId in the delete_media function.
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 Membership Simplified < 1.58 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 Membership Simplified the fix is 1.58: builds < 1.58 are affected, anything from 1.58 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.58, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Membership Simplified: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Membership Simplified 1.58 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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