QID 730971

Date Published: 2023-11-16

QID 730971: WordPress Plugin WP Fastest Cache Unauthenticated SQL Injection Vulnerability

WP Fastest Cache is the fastest and easiest wordpress cache plugin which improves the PageSpeed Insights score and speeds up the wordpress sites.

CVE-2023-6063: WordPress plugin WP Fastest Cache plugin is vulnerable to SQL Injection vulnerability via the '$username' variable retrieved via user cookies in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.

Affected Versions:
WordPress WP Fastest Cache Plugin versions prior to 1.2.2

QID Detection Logic:
This unauthenticated detection checks for installed vulnerable version for WP Fastest Cache Plugin using Blind Elephant Fingerprint technique.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to WP Fastest Cache version 1.2.2 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
    Vendor References

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    WP Fastest Cache Plugin Release Notes URL Logo wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/#developers

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