SQL injection in Accredible Certificates & Open Badges plugin for WordPress

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU112087

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-13909

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "orderby" parameter. A remote administrator can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Accredible Certificates & Open Badges: 1.4.3 - 1.4.9

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:accredible:accredible-certificates:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:accredible:accredible-certificates:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:accredible:accredible-certificates:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accredible-certificates/tags/1.4.9/users_list.php#L48
https://wordpress.org/plugins/accredible-certificates/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f96d3773-29a1-44bd-904a-905aff2b345e?source=cve

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.