Simple Retail Menus <= 4.0.1 - SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 4.1
- Affected Plugin
- Simple Retail Menus
- Affected Version
<= 4.0.1- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2014-5183
At a glance
CVE-2014-5183 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Simple Retail Menus WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.0.1. 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 4.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2015, reported by Anant Shrivastava (anantshri).
Vulnerability Overview
SQL injection vulnerability in includes/mode-edit.php in the Simple Retail Menus (simple-retail-menus) plugin before 4.1 for WordPress allows remote authenticated editors to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the targetmenu parameter in an edit action to wp-admin/admin.php.
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 Simple Retail Menus <= 4.0.1 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 Simple Retail Menus the fix is 4.1: builds <= 4.0.1 are affected, anything from 4.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 4.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Simple Retail Menus: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Simple Retail Menus 4.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in Simple Retail Menus
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