WordPress Download Monitor Plugin “id” SQL Injection Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA29876
Release Date: 2008-04-28
Last Update: 2008-05-02
Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch
Software: WordPress Download Monitor Plugin 2.x
CVE reference: CVE-2008-2034 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Dino Covotsos and Charlton Smith have discovered a vulnerability in the Download Monitor Plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the “id” parameter in wp-download_monitor/download.php is not properly sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 2.0.6. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 2.0.8.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Dino Covotsos and Charlton Smith of Telspace Systems Research Team
Changelog:
2008-05-02: Added CVE reference.
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