CVE-2023-0875

WP Meta SEO <= 4.5.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection

highImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
8.8
CVSS Score
8.8
CVSS Score
high
Severity
4.5.3
Patched in
335d
Time to patch

Description

The WP Meta SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘ids’ parameter in the bulkImageCopy function reachable via the wp_ajax_wpms AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 4.5.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level privileges to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Since the plugin relied on nonce checks as a means of access control, and that nonce was made accessible to all authenticated users regardless of role, the vulnerability could be exploited by asubscribers.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=4.5.2
PublishedFebruary 22, 2023
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-meta-seo

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