JoomSport Plugin up to 5.2.5 on WordPress joomsport-events-form orderby sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in JoomSport Plugin up to 5.2.5 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file joomsport-events-form. The manipulation of the argument orderby leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-2717. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in JoomSport Plugin up to 5.2.5 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the file joomsport-events-form. The manipulation of the argument orderby with an unknown input 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:

The JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'orderby' parameter on the joomsport-events-form page in versions up to, and including, 5.2.5 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 administrative privileges, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

The weakness was published 09/07/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-2717 since 08/08/2022. 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.

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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• JoomSport Plugin

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• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5

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