pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks Plugin up to 2.1.12 on WordPress sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks Plugin up to 2.1.12 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-4450. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in pickplugins Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks Plugin up to 2.1.12 on WordPress and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation 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 Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via post metadata in versions up to, and including, 2.1.12 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 contributor-level permissions and above to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

The weakness was shared by Chloe Chamberland as 2644269. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2021-4450 since 10/15/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.1.13 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2644269 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at plugins.trac.wordpress.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• pickplugins

Name

• Post Grid and Gutenberg Blocks Plugin

Version

• 2.1.0
• 2.1.1
• 2.1.2
• 2.1.3
• 2.1.4
• 2.1.5
• 2.1.6
• 2.1.7
• 2.1.8
• 2.1.9
• 2.1.10
• 2.1.11
• 2.1.12

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