Wordpress Seo: SQL injection

Wordpress Seo is affected by SQL injection. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. A successful request can alter database queries and expose or modify WordPress data.

CVE / CNA score 6.8 CVSS · cve@mitre.org

NVD score 6.8 CVSS 2.0 · nvd@nist.gov

Component: Wordpress Seo
Plugin slug: wordpress-seo
Affected: See vendor advisory
Safe version: See mitigation notes
Published: Mar 17, 2015
Weakness: CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Mar 17, 2015 and is one of 11 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Wordpress Seo 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.

Source record

Technical description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in admin/class-bulk-editor-list-table.php in the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin before 1.5.7, 1.6.x before 1.6.4, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 for WordPress allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of certain users for requests that conduct SQL injection attacks via the (1) order_by or (2) order parameter in the wpseo_bulk-editor page.

NVD vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Update, patch or deactivate.

Technical description

Primary and upstream sources