Information disclosure in Advanced Woo Search - CVE-2020-12070
Published: April 27, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27330
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-12070
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in every ajax "search" request via the sql field to "includes/class-aws-search.php". A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
Affected software
Advanced Woo Search
How to mitigate CVE-2020-12070
Install updates from vendor's website.
Advanced Woo Search - update to 2.00
External References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-search/tags/1.99/includes/class-aws-search.php#L222
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-woo-search/tags/2.00/includes/class-aws-search.php?rev=2290090#L219
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-woo-search/#developers
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10191/