WordPress Hide My WP premium plugin <= 6.2.3 - Unauthenticated SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability
CVE-2021-36916

8.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Hide My WP (WordPress Plugin)
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 November 2021

What is CVE-2021-36916?

The SQL injection vulnerability in the Hide My WP WordPress plugin (versions <= 6.2.3) is possible because of how the IP address is retrieved and used inside a SQL query. The function "hmwp_get_user_ip" tries to retrieve the IP address from multiple headers, including IP address headers that the user can spoof, such as "X-Forwarded-For." As a result, the malicious payload supplied in one of these IP address headers will be directly inserted into the SQL query, making SQL injection possible.

Affected Version(s)

Hide My WP (WordPress plugin) <= 6.2.3 <= 6.2.3

References

https://codecanyon.net/item/hide-my-wp-amazing-security-p...
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https://patchstack.com/hide-my-wp-vulnerabilities-fixed/
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https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/hide-my-wp/...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
High
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Vulnerability discovered by Dave Jong (Patchstack).
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