WBW Product Table Pro <= 1.9.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary SQL Execution
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.9.5
- Affected Plugin
- WBW Product Table Pro
- Affected Version
<= 1.9.4- CVSS
- 10.0Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-43918
At a glance
CVE-2024-43918 is a critical-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WBW Product Table Pro WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.9.4. It carries a CVSS score of 10.0 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.9.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by Dave Jong.
Vulnerability Overview
The WBW Product Table Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary SQL Execution due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries that can be used to steal sensitive data or gain elevated access to a vulnerable site.
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-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in WBW Product Table Pro <= 1.9.4 takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For WBW Product Table Pro the fix is 1.9.5: builds <= 1.9.4 are affected, anything from 1.9.5 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.9.5, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: WBW Product Table Pro 1.9.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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Other vulnerabilities in WBW Product Table Pro
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