Boost Your Blogs Engagement with WP Post Author up to 3.8.1 on WordPress sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Boost Your Blogs Engagement with WP Post Author up to 3.8.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to sql injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-8757. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in Boost Your Blogs Engagement with WP Post Author up to 3.8.1 on WordPress and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-8757 since 09/12/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

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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• Boost Your Blogs Engagement with WP Post Author

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• 3.8.0
• 3.8.1

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