Responsive Slider – Image Slider – Slideshow for WordPress < 2.7.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.7.0
- Affected Plugin
- Responsive Slider – Image Slider – Slideshow for WordPress
- Affected Version
< 2.7.0- CVSS
- 7.2High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2015-2062
At a glance
CVE-2015-2062 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Responsive Slider WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.7.0. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Admin level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.7.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2015, reported by High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab.
Vulnerability Overview
The Responsive Slider – Image Slider – Slideshow for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to multiple SQL Injection attacks via the ‘removeslide’ parameter in versions before 2.7.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for administrator-level attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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')
Responsive Slider < 2.7.0 carries this weakness at removeslide, and reaching it takes an account at Admin 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 Responsive Slider the fix is 2.7.0: builds < 2.7.0 are affected, anything from 2.7.0 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.7.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
An attacker needs Admin 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: Responsive Slider 2.7.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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