PT-2014-6446 · WordPress · Content Audit

Mallory Adams · Published 2014-10-06 · Updated 2015-11-02 · CVE-2014-5389

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Content Audit plugin versions prior to 1.6.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This is achieved by exploiting the "Audited content types" option in the content-audit page, which is accessed through the wp-admin/options-general.php endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.1, update to version 1.6.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the content-audit page and the wp-admin/options-general.php endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5389

Affected Products

Content Audit

References · 7

• 🔥 https://security.dxw.com/advisories/blind-sqli-vulnerability-in-content-audit-could-allow-a-privileged-attacker-to-exfiltrate-password-hashes · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128525/WordPress-Content-Audit-1.6-Blind-SQL-Injection.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/8 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5389 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5389 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/content-audit/changelog · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/70214 · Note