SQL injection in WPJobBoard - CVE-2018-5695
Published: January 14, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37639
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5695
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: WPJobBoard
Affected software:
WPJobBoard
WPJobBoard
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via the order or sort parameter to the wpjb-job or wpjb-alerts module, with a request to wp-admin/admin.php. A remote attacker 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5695
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.