CVE-2024-6205 PayPlus Payment Gateway < 6.6.9 - Unauthenticated SQLi
Unauthenticated attackers can perform SQL injection via a WooCommerce API route in the PayPlus Payment Gateway plugin, potentially accessing or modifying database contents.
- 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-2024-6205?
CVE-2024-6205 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown PayPlus Payment Gateway, published on 19 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 6.6.9 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a WooCommerce API route available to unauthenticated users, leading to an SQL injection vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6205?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Payplus Payplus Payment Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2024-6205?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6205 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-2024-6205 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6205 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown PayPlus Payment Gateway
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h8w3-xwp6-m9v8.