PT-2018-4298 · WordPress · Wp-Dbmanager

Larry W. Cashdollar · Published 2018-01-05 · Updated 2018-01-18 · CVE-2014-8336

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP-DBManager plugin versions prior to 2.7.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to insufficient query limitations in the "Sql Run Query" panel. This can be exploited using the LOAD FILE function in an INSERT statement.

Recommendations For WP-DBManager plugin versions prior to 2.7.2, update to version 2.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "Sql Run Query" panel to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8336

Affected Products

Wp-Dbmanager

References · 7

• 🔥 http://vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/wp-dbmanager-2.7.1/index.html · Exploit
• https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-dbmanager/commit/7037fa8f61644098044379190d1d4bf1883b8e4a · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8336 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/21/3 · Patch
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8336 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/97694 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/#developers · Note