Missilesilo KittyCatfish 2.2 on WordPress GET Parameter base.css.php kc_ad sql injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Missilesilo KittyCatfish 2.2 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file base.css.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. Such manipulation of the argument kc_ad leads to sql injection. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-20246. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in Missilesilo KittyCatfish 2.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file base.css.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument kc_ad 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:

KittyCatfish 2.2 plugin for WordPress contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read database contents by exploiting an unescaped GET parameter. Attackers can inject SQL code through the 'kc_ad' parameter in base.css.php or kittycatfish.php to extract sensitive database information using boolean-based blind or time-based blind techniques.

The weakness was disclosed by Tad Group as 41919. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-20246 since 06/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:base.css.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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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• Missilesilo

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• KittyCatfish

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• 2.2

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• end of life

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