WordPress Survey & Poll – Quiz, Survey and Poll Plugin for WordPress < 1.2 - SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.2
- Affected Version
< 1.2- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
- CVE
CVE-2015-2090
At a glance
CVE-2015-2090 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the WordPress Survey & Poll WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.2. 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 1.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2015, reported by Securely.
Vulnerability Overview
SQL injection vulnerability in the ajax_survey function in settings.php in the WordPress Survey and Poll plugin 1.1.7 for Wordpress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the survey_id parameter in an ajax_survey action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
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 WordPress Survey & Poll < 1.2 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 WordPress Survey & Poll the fix is 1.2: builds < 1.2 are affected, anything from 1.2 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 1.2, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The attempt arrives as an ordinary request to WordPress Survey & Poll: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WordPress Survey & Poll 1.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Firewall
- Alerts
External References
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