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iThemes Security <= 7.0.2 — Authenticated SQL Injection

CVE-2018-12636Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: <7.0.3Update to 7.0.3 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High7.2
CVSS
7.2
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:H Privileges required
High
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-89 SQL Injection
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection better-wp-security

  1. Affected< 7.0.3
  2. Patched in7.0.3

Update to 7.0.3 or newer.

You are affected if you run < 7.0.3. Version 7.0.3 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 7.0.3, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Çlirim Emini.

The iThemes Security (better-wp-security) plugin before 7.0.3 for WordPress allows SQL Injection (by attackers with Admin privileges) via the logs page.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection

All 19
More vulnerabilities in Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.3IP Address Spoofing to Denial of Service
≤9.3.1Update to 9.3.2
CVE-2022-44593
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure
≤9.0.0Update to 9.0.1
—
Medium4.7Open Redirection via redirect_to_https
≤8.1.4Update to 8.1.5
CVE-2023-28786
Medium5.3Hidden Login Bypass
<7.9.1Update to 7.9.1
—
High7.5Broken Password Mechanism
≤7.6.1Update to 7.7.0
CVE-2020-36176

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Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
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Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.2

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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