PT-2023-29779 · WordPress · Slimstat Analytics

Chloe Chamberland + 2 · Published 2023-10-19 · Updated 2023-10-27 · CVE-2023-4598

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 Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.0.9

Description The issue is related to SQL Injection via the plugin's shortcode due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries, which can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Recommendations For Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.0.9: Update to a version higher than 5.0.9 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's shortcode for users with contributor-level and above permissions until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-4598

Affected Products

Slimstat Analytics

References · 6

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-slimstat/tags/5.0.8/admin/view/wp-slimstat-db.php#L970 · Exploit
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/07c0f5a5-3455-4f06-b481-f4d678309c50?source=cve · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2959452%40wp-slimstat&new=2959452%40wp-slimstat&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4598 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4598 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1715259877163958476 · Twitter Post