A vulnerability has been found in wp-advanced-search Plugin 3.3.6 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Import. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Import feature in the wp-advanced-search plugin 3.3.6 for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated SQL injection via an uploaded .sql file. An attacker can use this to execute SQL commands without any validation.

The weakness was released 05/05/2020. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-12104 since 04/23/2020. The attack can be launched remotely. Required for exploitation is a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wp-advanced-search Plugin

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• 3.3.6

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