Survey Maker < 3.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) 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-2023-23490
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	January 12, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Joshua Martinelle

Description

The Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL injection in versions before 3.1.2 via the 'ays_surveys_export_json' AJAX action. This allows authenticated attackers, including those with subscriber-level privileges, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	survey-maker (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.1.1
Patched Version	3.1.2

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