amtyThumb <= 4.2.0 - Authenticated SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2022-1683
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	May 9, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Shi Chen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany), Daniel Krohmer

Description

The amtyThumb WordPress plugin through 4.2.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via its shortcode, leading to an SQL injection and is exploitable by any authenticated user (and not just Author+ like the original advisory mention) due to the fact that they can execute shortcodes via an AJAX action

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	amtythumb (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 4.2.0
Patched Version

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