CVE-2024-31233

Rehub <= 19.6.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection

2024-04-03 00:00
Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 19.6.2
Affected Theme
REHub - Price Comparison, Multi Vendor Marketplace Wordpress Theme
Affected Version
<= 19.6.1
CVSS
8.8High
Weakness type
CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE
CVE-2024-31233
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At a glance

CVE-2024-31233 is a high-severity Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in the REHub - Price Comparison, Multi Vendor Marketplace Wordpress Theme WordPress theme, affecting versions <= 19.6.1. 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 at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 19.6.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by Rafie Muhammad.

Vulnerability Overview

The Rehub theme for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 19.6.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

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 REHub - Price Comparison, Multi Vendor Marketplace Wordpress Theme <= 19.6.1 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. 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 REHub - Price Comparison, Multi Vendor Marketplace Wordpress Theme the fix is 19.6.2: builds <= 19.6.1 are affected, anything from 19.6.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 19.6.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Subscriber access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: REHub - Price Comparison, Multi Vendor Marketplace Wordpress Theme 19.6.2 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31233https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b23ab054-11c9-4229-9adc-6eef6f81c3f9https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31233

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