CVE-2024-13440

Super Store Finder <= 7.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2025-02-08 00:00
Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.1
Affected Plugin
Super Store Finder
Affected Version
<= 7.0
CVSS
8.2High
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2024-13440
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At a glance

CVE-2024-13440 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Super Store Finder WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 7.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2025, reported by Muhammad Zeeshan (Xib3rR4dAr).

Vulnerability Overview

The Super Store Finder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘ssf_wp_user_name’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 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 unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into an already existing query to store cross-site scripting in store reviews.

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.

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Super Store Finder <= 7.0 carries this weakness at ssf_wp_user_name, and reaching it takes no account at all. 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 Super Store Finder the fix is 7.1: builds <= 7.0 are affected, anything from 7.1 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.1, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Super Store Finder 7.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13440https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc468bfd-b9a2-4fe6-b896-d738c767146ahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13440

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