QID 150831

Date Published: 2024-03-13

QID 150831: WordPress NotificationX Plugin: SQL Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2024-1698)

NotificationX is a WordPress plugin that allows users to create and display attractive notification pop-ups on their websites.

Affected version of NotificationX plugin is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'type' parameter, due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.

Affected Versions:
NotificationX prior to version 2.8.3

QID Detection Logic:(Unauthenticated)
This QID checks for vulnerable version of NotificationX plugin running on the target WordPress application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries, potentially extracting sensitive information from the database.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 10 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade NotificationX to version 2.8.3 or later to remediate this vulnerability. For more information pertaining to this vulnerability please refer Wordfence Advisory.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 150831

    CVE-2024-1698 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    NotificationX Changelog URL Logo notificationx.com/changelog
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