CVE-2018-1000131

WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System <= 9.0.2 - SQL Injection

2018-02-25 00:00
00theway

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 9.0.3
Affected Plugin
WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System
Affected Version
<= 9.0.2
CVSS
9.8Critical
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2018-1000131
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At a glance

CVE-2018-1000131 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 9.0.2. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 9.0.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2018, reported by 00theway.

Vulnerability Overview

Pradeep Makone wordpress Support Plus Responsive Ticket System version 9.0.2 and earlier contains a SQL Injection vulnerability in the function to get tickets, the parameter email in cookie was injected that can result in filter the parameter. This attack appears to be exploitable via web site, without login. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 9.0.3 and later.

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-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Reaching this weakness in WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System <= 9.0.2 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. 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 Support Plus Responsive Ticket System the fix is 9.0.3: builds <= 9.0.2 are affected, anything from 9.0.3 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 9.0.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Support Plus Responsive Ticket System 9.0.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000131https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72ed9cba-fe5c-4cee-9e1b-c3edde2521cahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000131

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