WP Symposium Plugin for WordPress forum.php 'show' Parameter SQL Injection (Version Check)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83524

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Synopsis

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

Description

The WordPress WP Symposium Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a SQL injection vulnerability due to a failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'show' parameter of the forum.php script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this issue to launch a SQL injection attack against the affected application, resulting in the manipulation and disclosure of arbitrary data.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to WP Symposium Plugin version 15.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83524

File Name: wordpress_wp_symposium_15_4.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 5/18/2015

Updated: 6/4/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wpsymposium:wp_symposium, cpe:/a:wordpress:wordpress

Required KB Items: installed_sw/WordPress, www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2015

Exploitable With

Elliot (Wordpress WP Symposium 15.1 SQL Injection)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3325

BID: 74237

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