amtyThumb <= 4.2.0 - Subscriber+ SQLi
CVE-2022-1683

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Amtythumb
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 June 2022

Summary

The amtyThumb WordPress plugin through 4.2.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via its shortcode, leading to an SQL injection and is exploitable by any authenticated user (and not just Author+ like the original advisory mention) due to the fact that they can execute shortcodes via an AJAX action

Affected Version(s)

amtyThumb 4.2.0

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/359d145b-c365-4e7c-a12e-...
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https://bulletin.iese.de/post/amtythumb_4-2-0
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Daniel Krohmer (Fraunhofer IESE)
Shi Chen (University of Kaiserslautern)
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