WordPress A to Z Category Listing Plugin 'R' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	49537
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 09 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 09 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Miroslav Stampar
Vulnerable:	WordPress A to Z Category Listing 1.3
Not Vulnerable:

WordPress A to Z Category Listing Plugin 'R' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The A to Z Category Listing 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.

A to Z Category Listing versions 1.3 and prior are vulnerable.

WordPress A to Z Category Listing Plugin 'R' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/a-to-z-category-listing/post_retrive_ajax.php?R=-1' AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)--%20

WordPress A to Z Category Listing Plugin 'R' 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 A to Z Category Listing Plugin 'R' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Plugin Homepage (WordPress)
  
• Wordpress Homepage (Wordpress)