WordPress St Newsletter Plugin shiftthis-preview.php newsletter sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WordPress St Newsletter Plugin. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file shiftthis-preview.php. The manipulation of the argument newsletter results in sql injection. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0683. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WordPress St Newsletter Plugin (Content Management System) (affected version not known). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the file shiftthis-preview.php. The manipulation of the argument newsletter with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SQL injection vulnerability in shiftthis-preview.php in the ShiftThis Newsletter (st_newsletter) plugin for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the newsletter parameter.

The weakness was presented 02/11/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-0683 since 02/11/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

A public exploit has been developed by S@BUN and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:shiftthis-preview.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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (5053) and SecurityFocus (BID 27586†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: S@BUN
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: wordpress.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0683 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0683
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40938
SecurityFocus: 27586 - WordPress Plugin ShiftThis Newsletter SQL Injection Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 10/15/2024 17:52
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (46), 11/06/2017 08:16 (13), 10/15/2024 17:52 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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