Cookie Notification Plugin for WordPress < 1.0.9 - SQL Injection

2021-12-27 00:00

Shreya Pohekar

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.0.9

Affected PluginCookie Notification Plugin for WordPress – WP Cookie User Info

Affected Version< 1.0.9

CVSS7.2High

CVECVE-2021-24858

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Vulnerability Overview

The Cookie Notification Plugin for WordPress plugin before 1.0.9 does not sanitise or escape the id GET parameter before using it in a SQL statement, when retrieving the setting to edit in the admin dashboard, leading to an authenticated SQL Injection

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.0.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')) The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24858 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e61a5989-ea75-4c11-a937-66488ecdb10d

CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

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

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