Internal Linking for SEO Traffic & Ranking Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress post_id sql injection

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Internal Linking for SEO Traffic & Ranking Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress. The impacted element is the function post_id. Such manipulation leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2024-11009. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Internal Linking for SEO Traffic & Ranking Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function post_id. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Internal Linking for SEO traffic & Ranking – Auto internal links (100% automatic) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the ‘post_id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 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 available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-11009 since 11/07/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• Internal Linking for SEO Traffic & Ranking Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1

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