WP Simple Booking Calendar <= 2.0.6 - Authenticated SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.0.7
- Affected Plugin
- WP Simple Booking Calendar
- Affected Version
<= 2.0.6- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2021-24726
At a glance
CVE-2021-24726 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the WP Simple Booking Calendar WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0.6. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account. The issue is fixed in version 2.0.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2021, reported by Martin Vierula.
Vulnerability Overview
The WP Simple Booking Calendar WordPress plugin before 2.0.7 did not escape, validate or sanitise the orderby parameter in its Search Calendars action, before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an authenticated SQL injection issue
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-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Reaching this weakness in WP Simple Booking Calendar <= 2.0.6 takes any authenticated account. 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 WP Simple Booking Calendar the fix is 2.0.7: builds <= 2.0.6 are affected, anything from 2.0.7 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.0.7, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WP Simple Booking Calendar: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Simple Booking Calendar 2.0.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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