Description

WordPress Plugin Sharebar is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability and a cross-site scripting vulnerability. Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. WordPress Plugin Sharebar version 1.2.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.2.2 or latest

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53532/exploit

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/112690/WordPress-Sharebar-1.2.1-SQL-Injection-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/48908/

Related Vulnerabilities

Drupal Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2008-4789)

Moodle Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls Vulnerability (CVE-2014-0123)

WordPress Plugin Welcart e-Commerce Multiple Vulnerabilities (1.3.12)

WordPress Improper Input Validation Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6815)

WordPress Plugin SMTP by BestWebSoft Cross-Site Scripting (1.0.9)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-79 CWE-89 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update SQL Injection XSS