WordPress Contus HD FLV Player 'process-sortable.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49203
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 17 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 17 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Miroslav Stampar
Vulnerable:	Contus WordPress HD FLV Plugin 1.3
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Contus HD FLV Player 'process-sortable.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Contus HD FLV Player 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.

Contus HD FLV Player 1.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Contus HD FLV Player 'process-sortable.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/contus-hd-flv-player/process-sortable.php?playid=-1 AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)&listItem[]=1

WordPress Contus HD FLV Player 'process-sortable.php' 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 any more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

WordPress Contus HD FLV Player 'process-sortable.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Front End Upload Homepage (WordPress)
  
• WordPress Contus HD FLV Player plugin <= 1.3 SQL Injection Vulnerability (Miroslav Stampar)
  
• WordPress HD FLV Player Homepage (Contus)