SQL injection in Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery plugin for WordPress

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU98837

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-25218

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "id" parameter. A remote administrator can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery: 1.0.1 - 1.0.3

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:nik00726:wp-responsive-photo-gallery:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:nik00726:wp-responsive-photo-gallery:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:nik00726:wp-responsive-photo-gallery:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

External links

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05ff1b1e-f7ba-485d-9421-9bb38f6831ef?source=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-responsive-photo-gallery/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-responsive-photo-gallery/tags/1.0.3/wp-responsive-photo-gallery.php#L1393
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-responsive-photo-gallery/tags/1.0.4/wp-responsive-photo-gallery.php#L1614

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.