PT-2024-14822 · WordPress · News Announcement Scroll

István Márton · Published 2024-03-13 · Updated 2024-03-13 · CVE-2023-5663

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 The News Announcement Scroll plugin for WordPress version 9.0.0 and earlier

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, making it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries. This can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 9.0.0, update to a version that addresses the SQL injection vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's shortcode to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the vulnerable shortcode until the issue is resolved.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5663

Affected Products

News Announcement Scroll

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5663 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5663 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2987837/news-announcement-scroll#file2 · Patch
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/news-announcement-scroll/tags/9.0.0/news-announcement-scroll.php#L261 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/73730 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1767938578183786508 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b29113d6-7a9a-4e10-a446-147ec146ac93?source=cve · Note