Passwords Manager Plugin up to 1.4.8 on WordPress sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in Passwords Manager Plugin up to 1.4.8 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-12615. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Passwords Manager Plugin up to 1.4.8 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The Passwords Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the $wpdb->prefix value in several AJAX actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.8 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 Subscriber-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 at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-12615 since 12/13/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/18/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

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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• Passwords Manager Plugin

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• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8

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