CVE-2022-0693

CRITICALNuclei

Master Elements <= 8.0 - Unauthenticated SQLi

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2022-0693 has a selected CVSS score of 9.8 (critical); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

The Master Elements WordPress plugin through 8.0 does not validate and escape the meta_ids parameter of its remove_post_meta_condition AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL Injection

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion range

Master Elements

CVE List8.0 to ≤ 8.0affected

Nuclei templates

1
ProjectDiscoveryCRITICALWordPress Master Elements <=8.0 - SQL InjectionCVSS 9.8

WordPress Master Elements plugin through 8.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not validate and escape the meta_ids parameter of its remove_post_meta_condition AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, before using it in a SQL statement. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or further compromise of the WordPress site.

Remediation

Update to the latest version of WordPress Master Elements plugin (>=8.1) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.

WeaknessesCWE-89
Authorstheamanrawat
Template tagstime-based-sqlicve2022cveunauthwpscanwp-pluginwpsqliwordpressmaster-elementsdevbunchvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:devbunch:master_elements:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a72bf075-fd4b-4aa5-b4a4-5f62a0620643 https://wordpress.org/plugins/master-elements https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0693 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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