Realty Workstation <= 1.0.9 - Authenticated SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.0.10
- Affected Plugin
- Realty Workstation
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.9- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2022-1691
At a glance
CVE-2022-1691 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Realty Workstation WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.9. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account. The issue is fixed in version 1.0.10; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2022, reported by Shi Chen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany).
Vulnerability Overview
The Realty Workstation WordPress plugin through 1.0.9 does not sanitise and escape the trans_edit parameter before using it in a SQL statement when an agent edit a transaction, leading to an SQL injection
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 Realty Workstation <= 1.0.9 takes any authenticated account. 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 Realty Workstation the fix is 1.0.10: builds <= 1.0.9 are affected, anything from 1.0.10 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.0.10, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Realty Workstation: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Realty Workstation 1.0.10 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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