The WP Post Author – Boost Your Blog's Engagement with Author Box, Social Links, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, Post Rating System, and Custom User Registration Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the linked_user_id parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
History

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Afthemes
Afthemes wp Post Author
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:afthemes:wp_post_author:-:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Afthemes
Afthemes wp Post Author
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000

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Description The WP Post Author – Boost Your Blog's Engagement with Author Box, Social Links, Co-Authors, Guest Authors, Post Rating System, and Custom User Registration Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the linked_user_id parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Title Boost Your Blog's Engagement with WP Post Author <= 3.8.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) SQL Injection
Weaknesses CWE-89
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-10-12T09:39:18.735Z

Updated: 2024-10-15T14:43:43.797Z

Reserved: 2024-09-12T17:42:24.138Z

Link: CVE-2024-8757

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-15T14:43:38.196Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2024-10-12T10:15:02.687

Modified: 2024-10-15T12:57:46.880

Link: CVE-2024-8757

cve-icon Redhat

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