PT-2019-12837 · WordPress · Slickquiz

Published 2019-09-10 · Updated 2019-10-29 · CVE-2019-12516

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SlickQuiz plugin versions prior to 1.3.7.2

Description The issue allows SQL Injection by Subscriber users. This can be demonstrated through specific API endpoints such as "/wp-admin/admin.php?page=slickquiz-scores&id=", "/wp-admin/admin.php?page=slickquiz-edit&id=", or "/wp-admin/admin.php?page=slickquiz-preview&id=".

Recommendations For SlickQuiz plugin versions prior to 1.3.7.2, update to version 1.3.7.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /wp-admin/admin.php endpoint for Subscriber users until a patch is applied. Avoid using the id parameter in the affected API endpoints until the issue is resolved.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12516

Affected Products

Slickquiz

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12516 · Security Note
• https://t.me/defcon_news/24361 · Telegram Post
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154440/WordPress-SlickQuiz-1.3.7.1-SQL-Injection.html · Note
• https://t.me/cybersecuritytechnologies/408 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/slickquiz/#developers · Note