Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.72
- Affected Plugin
- WP-DBManager
- Affected Version
< 2.72- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2014-8335
At a glance
CVE-2014-8335 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability in the WP-DBManager WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.72. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). The issue is fixed in version 2.72; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2014, reported by Larry W. Cashdollar.
Vulnerability Overview
(1) wp-dbmanager.php and (2) database-manage.php in the WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.72 for WordPress place credentials on the mysqldump command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
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 interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
Remediation
Update to version 2.72, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WP-DBManager: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. Classes like this one can leave something behind, so the staged malware scanner is the second half: it looks for dropped files and modified code rather than for the request that created them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP-DBManager 2.72 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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