SQL Injection Vulnerability in NotificationX Plugin Affects Sensitive Data
CVE-2024-1698

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 92%

Summary

The NotificationX Plugin for WordPress, which focuses on enhancing user experience through sales popups and notifications, is vulnerable to SQL Injection attacks. This vulnerability exists through the 'type' parameter due to inadequate escaping of user-supplied input and insufficient preparation of the corresponding SQL query. Attackers without authentication can exploit this flaw to insert malicious SQL queries, allowing them to extract sensitive information from the plugin's database. This poses significant risks to data integrity and user privacy, necessitating immediate attention and remediation by users of the affected versions.

Affected Version(s)

NotificationX – Best FOMO, Social Proof, WooCommerce Sales Popup & Notification Bar Plugin With Elementor * <= 2.8.2

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

EPSS Score

92% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zając
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