WordPress KNR Author List Widget 'listItem' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49461
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 06 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 06 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Miroslav Stampar
Vulnerable:	WordPress KNR Author List Widget 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress KNR Author List Widget 'listItem' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The KNR Author List Widget plug-in 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.

KNR Author List Widget versions 2.0.0 and prior are vulnerable.

WordPress KNR Author List Widget 'listItem' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/knr-author-list-widget/knrAuthorListCustomSortSave.php?listItem[]=-1 AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)

WordPress KNR Author List Widget 'listItem' 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 KNR Author List Widget 'listItem' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Product Plugin (Wordpress)