Description

WordPress Plugin Testimonial Slider is prone to an SQL injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database. WordPress Plugin Testimonial Slider version 1.2.4 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.2.5 or latest

References

http://www.defensecode.com/advisories/DC-2018-01-005_WordPress_Testimonial_Slider_Plugin_Advisory.pdf

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145835/WordPress-Testimonial-Slider-1.2.4-SQL-Injection.html

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/testimonial-slider/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2018-5372 CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update SQL Injection