PT-2023-32282 · WordPress · Wd Widgettwitter

István Márton + 1 · Published 2023-11-07 · Updated 2023-11-14 · CVE-2023-5709

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 WD WidgetTwitter plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.9

Description The issue arises from insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the plugin's shortcode, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries. This can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Recommendations For WD WidgetTwitter plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.0.9, consider updating to a version that addresses the SQL Injection issue, as no specific workaround is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5709

Affected Products

Wd Widgettwitter

References · 4

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-twitter/trunk/twitter.php?rev=2212825#L161 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5709 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5709 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/86cdbfec-b1af-48ec-ae70-f97768694e44?source=cve · Note