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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mail Masta Plugin 1.0 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown function of the file /inc/campaign_save.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument list_id results in sql injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-6098. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mail Masta Plugin 1.0 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects some unknown processing of the file /inc/campaign_save.php. The manipulation of the argument list_id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A SQL injection issue was discovered in the Mail Masta (aka mail-masta) plugin 1.0 for WordPress. This affects /inc/campaign_save.php (Requires authentication to Wordpress admin) with the POST Parameter: list_id.

The bug was discovered 02/21/2017. The weakness was presented 02/21/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-6098 since 02/18/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:inc/campaign_save.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (41438). See VDB-97170, VDB-97171 and VDB-97172 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Mail Masta Plugin

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• 1.0

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