WordPress Google Maps Via Store Locator Plus Plugin Path Disclosure and SQL Injection


Description   A weakness and a vulnerability have been discovered in the Google Maps Via Store Locator Plus plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose system information and conduct SQL injection attacks.
1) An error exists due to the application displaying the installation path in debug output when accessing wp-content/plugins/store-locator-le/core/load_wp_config.php.
2) Input passed via the "query" parameter to /wp-content/plugins/store-locator-le/downloadcsv.php is not properly sanitised before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
The weakness and vulnerability are confirmed in version 3.0.1. Other versions may also be affected.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
WordPress Google Maps Via Store Locator Plus Plugin 3.x
     
Solution   Restrict access to the wp-content/plugins/store-locator-le/core/load_wp_config.php file (e.g. via .htaccess). Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
     
CVE  
     
References   http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113276/WordPress-Google-Maps-Via-Store-Locator-Plus-Email-Spool-SQL-Injection.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious SELECT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : possible version probing in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CREATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UPDATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UNION statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DROP statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious INSERT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OR statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious EXEC statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DECLARE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious HAVING statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CAST statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UPDATE statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious SELECT statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DECLARE statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CAST statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious EXEC statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CREATE statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious INSERT statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DROP statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious HAVING statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UNION statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OR statement in data
5.0.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : possible version probing in data
5.0.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2012-06-06 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote