SIP Reviews Shortcode for WooCommerce <= 1.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.3.0
- Affected Plugin
- SIP Reviews Shortcode for WooCommerce
- Affected Version
<= 1.2.3- CVSS
- 6.4Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2024-6480
At a glance
CVE-2024-6480 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the SIP Reviews Shortcode for WooCommerce WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.2.3. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.3.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2024, reported by Jonas Höbenreich.
Vulnerability Overview
The SIP Reviews Shortcode for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'no_of_reviews' attribute in the woocommerce_reviews shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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.
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
SIP Reviews Shortcode for WooCommerce <= 1.2.3 carries this weakness at no_of_reviews, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. 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 SIP Reviews Shortcode for WooCommerce the fix is 1.3.0: builds <= 1.2.3 are affected, anything from 1.3.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.3.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Contributor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: SIP Reviews Shortcode for WooCommerce 1.3.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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