Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.0.14
- Affected Plugin
- Plugmatter Optin Feature Box
- Affected Version
< 2.0.14- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2015-9450
At a glance
CVE-2015-9450 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Plugmatter Optin Feature Box WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.0.14. 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 2.0.14; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2015, reported by Marcin Probola.
Vulnerability Overview
The plugmatter-optin-feature-box-lite plugin before 2.0.14 for WordPress has SQL injection via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=pmfb_cc pmfb_tid parameter.
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 Plugmatter Optin Feature Box < 2.0.14 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 Plugmatter Optin Feature Box the fix is 2.0.14: builds < 2.0.14 are affected, anything from 2.0.14 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.0.14, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Plugmatter Optin Feature Box: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Plugmatter Optin Feature Box 2.0.14 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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