CVE-2022-1686
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Five Minute Webshop WordPress plugin through version 1.3.2 contains a SQL injection vulnerability identified as CVE-2022-1686. The vulnerability was discovered by Daniel Krohmer (Fraunhofer IESE, Germany) and Shi Chen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany) and was publicly disclosed on May 9, 2022. The vulnerability affects the product editing functionality in the admin dashboard (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of the 'id' parameter when editing a product through the admin dashboard. This security flaw is classified as a SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) with a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity). The vulnerability can be exploited through the admin dashboard using the path '/wp-admin/admin.php?page=fmwes_edit_product&id=' followed by malicious SQL commands (WPScan).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker with administrative access to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the underlying database. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, manipulation of database contents, or other malicious database operations (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the vulnerability disclosure, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Website administrators using the Five Minute Webshop plugin version 1.3.2 or earlier should consider either removing the plugin or implementing additional security controls to restrict access to the affected functionality (WPScan).

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