SB2021052016 - SQL injection in WP Statistics plugin for WordPress
Published: May 20, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021052016
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-24340)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "ID" and "type" input parameters in "esc_sql" function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and extract sensitive data from the site, such as user emails, password hashes, encryption keys and salts.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.