Barcode Scanner with Inventory & Order Manager <= 1.5.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2024-2661
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published April 30, 2024
Last Updated May 2, 2024
Researcher Peter Thaleikis
Description

The Barcode Scanner and Inventory manager. POS (Point of Sale) – scan barcodes & create orders with barcode reader. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind SQL Injection via the ‘currentIds’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug barcode-scanner-lite-pos-to-manage-products-inventory-and-orders (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.4
Patched Version
  • 1.5.5
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