CVE-2022-47420
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The CVE-2022-47420 is an SQL Injection vulnerability discovered in Online ADA Accessibility Suite by Online ADA, affecting versions up to 4.12. The vulnerability was reported by researcher minhtuanact and was publicly disclosed on April 19, 2023. The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (SQL Injection) with CWE-89. The CVSS v3.1 vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requires no privileges or user interaction, and can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Impact

The SQL injection vulnerability could allow malicious actors to directly interact with the database, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information, modification of database contents, and possible complete system compromise. The high CVSS score of 9.8 indicates critical severity with potential for significant impact on the affected systems (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.13 of the Online ADA Accessibility Suite. Users are advised to update to version 4.13 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to a fixed version (Patchstack).

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