surveys Plugin up to 1.01.7 on WordPress survey_form.php action sql injection

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in surveys Plugin up to 1.01.7 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file survey_form.php. The manipulation of the argument action as part of SQL Query leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-1002020. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in surveys Plugin up to 1.01.7 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file survey_form.php. The manipulation of the argument action as part of a SQL Query leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in wordpress plugin surveys v1.01.8, The code in survey_form.php does not sanitize the action variable before placing it inside of an SQL query.

The bug was discovered 05/22/2017. The weakness was presented 09/14/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vapidlabs.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-1002020 since 09/14/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 115 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:survey_form.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.01.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-106704 and VDB-106705 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• surveys Plugin

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• 1.01.0
• 1.01.1
• 1.01.2
• 1.01.3
• 1.01.4
• 1.01.5
• 1.01.6
• 1.01.7

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