Google Alert and Twitter Plugin <= 3.1.5 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published February 25, 2013
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Dan Fosco
Description

The Google Alert and Twitter Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘msg’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The plugin is also vulnerable to generic SQL Injection via the ‘EID’ parameter due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers 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 GoogleAlertandtwitterplugin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • 3.1.5 - 3.1.5
Patched Version
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