Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in the Website FAQ plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
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TITLE:
WordPress Website FAQ Plugin "category" SQL Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49682
VERIFY ADVISORY:
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https://secunia.com/advisories/49682/
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-27
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Website FAQ plugin for
WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL
injection attacks.
Input passed via the "category" POST parameter to
wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (when "action" is set to "displayAnswer") is
not properly sanitised in
wp-content/plugins/website-faq/website-faq-widget.php before being
used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries
by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.0. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
No official solution is currently available.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Chris Kellum
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19400/
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