WordPress Zotpress Plugin 'zotpress.rss.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49452
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 05 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 05 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Miroslav Stampar
Vulnerable:	WordPress Zotpress Plugin 4.4
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Zotpress Plugin 'zotpress.rss.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

The Zotpress 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.

Zotpress 4.4 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

WordPress Zotpress Plugin 'zotpress.rss.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/zotpress/zotpress.rss.php?api_user_id=1&account_type=test&displayImages=true&displayImageByCitationID=-1' AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)%23

WordPress Zotpress Plugin 'zotpress.rss.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 Zotpress Plugin 'zotpress.rss.php' SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• WordPress Homepage (WordPress)
  
• Zotpress plugin Homepage (WordPress)