CVE-2024-1118 Podlove Subscribe button <= 1.3.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
Authenticated contributors can exploit SQL injection in the Podlove Subscribe button plugin to extract sensitive database information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1118?
CVE-2024-1118 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in chemiker Podlove Subscribe button, published on 7 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Podlove Subscribe button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to UNION-based SQL Injection via the 'button' attribute of the podlove-subscribe-button shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.10 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1118?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Podlove Podlove Subscribe Button.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1118?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1118 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2024-1118 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1118 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in chemiker Podlove Subscribe button
Sources
Also known as GHSA-phfx-2gmw-mfx5.