WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2021-24666 Modified

Podlove Podcast Publisher: A security weakness

Podlove Podcast Publisher is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Podlove Podcast Publisher
Plugin slug
podlove-podcast-publisher
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Sep 27, 2021
Weakness
CWE-89 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

This CVE was published Sep 27, 2021 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Podlove Podcast Publisher to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Podlove Podcast Publisher WordPress plugin before 3.5.6 contains a 'Social & Donations' module (not activated by default), which adds the rest route '/services/contributor/(?P[\d]+), takes an 'id' and 'category' parameters as arguments. Both parameters can be used for the SQLi.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary and upstream sources