CVE-2017-12199

Ultimate Product Catalog <= 4.2.22 - SQL Injection

2017-08-01 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.2.23
Affected Plugin: Ultimate Product Catalog
Affected Version: <= 4.2.22
CVSS: 9.8Critical
Weakness type: CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE: CVE-2017-12199

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At a glance

CVE-2017-12199 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the Ultimate Product Catalog WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.2.22. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.2.23; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2017, reported by ning1022.

Vulnerability Overview

The Etoile Ultimate Product Catalog plugin 4.2.22 for WordPress has SQL injection with these wp-admin/admin-ajax.php POST actions: catalogue_update_order list-item, video_update_order video-item, image_update_order list-item, tag_group_update_order list_item, category_products_update_order category-product-item, custom_fields_update_order field-item, categories_update_order category-item, subcategories_update_order subcategory-item, and tags_update_order tag-list-item.

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, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

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

Reaching this weakness in Ultimate Product Catalog <= 4.2.22 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 Ultimate Product Catalog the fix is 4.2.23: builds <= 4.2.22 are affected, anything from 4.2.23 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.2.23, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to Ultimate Product Catalog: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ultimate Product Catalog 4.2.23 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12199 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/283b10e6-61ae-4e1d-be7b-a63aece6ffda https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12199

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CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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