Detections
Analytics

WP Statistics Plugin for WordPress < 12.6.7 Blind SQL Injection

high Nessus Plugin ID 126382

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a PHP script that is affected by a remote SQL injection vulnerability.

Description

The WP Statistics Plugin for WordPress running on the remote web server is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, resulting in the manipulation of arbitrary data.

Solution

Upgrade the WP Statistics Plugin for WordPress to version 12.6.7 or later.

See Also

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9412

http://www.nessus.org/u?c1f1e9ef

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126382

File Name: wordpress_wp_statistics_sqli_2019.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/2/2019

Updated: 6/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Tenable score for sql injection.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploited by Nessus: true

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2019