WordPress Database Administrator <= 1.0.3 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected Version<= 1.0.3
CVSS7.2High
CVECVE-2023-3211
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Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress Database Administrator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient escaping on a user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level and above permissions, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- 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.

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