Description

WordPress Plugin YARPP-Yet Another Related Posts 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 YARPP-Yet Another Related Posts version 5.30.2 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 5.30.3 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:574F7607-96D8-4EF8-B96C-0425AD7E7690

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2905558/yet-another-related-posts-plugin/trunk/classes/YARPP_Shortcode.php

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2023-0579 CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update SQL Injection