Database Management tool – Adminer <= 1.1.5 - Information Exposure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.1.6
- Affected Plugin
- Database Manager – WP Adminer
- Affected Version
<= 1.1.5- CVSS
- 6.8Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Database Manager WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.5. It carries a CVSS score of 6.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). The issue is fixed in version 1.1.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2022.
Vulnerability Overview
The Database Management tool – Adminer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.1.5. This is due to the fact that the database password was included in a GET request as one of the parameters. This could allow individuals with access to log files to extract sensitive user or configuration data.
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.
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Reaching this weakness in Database Manager <= 1.1.5 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.
The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Database Manager the fix is 1.1.6: builds <= 1.1.5 are affected, anything from 1.1.6 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.1.6, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: Database Manager 1.1.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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