CVE-2022-0827

published 2022-06-13

CVE-2022-0827: The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to…

Priority P1 78 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

ITW EXPLOIT VulnCheck KEV

The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
presspage	bestbooks	<= 2.6.3	—

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

version Bestbooks WordPress plugin <= 2.6.3↗

sigma

title: WordPress Best Books SQLi
detection:
  selection:
    - 'status_code == 200'
    - 'contains(body, "Account added successfully")'
  condition: and

• → The SQL injection is exploitable by unauthenticated users via an AJAX action — monitor WordPress AJAX endpoints (wp-admin/admin-ajax.php) for anomalous or unsanitized parameter values targeting the Bestbooks plugin. ↗
• → A successful exploitation response contains the string 'Account added successfully' with HTTP status 200 — use this as a detection signal in web/proxy logs or WAF rules.

• · The Nuclei/template digest hash is provided for template integrity verification; confirm the template source before deploying in production scanning environments.

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vulncheck 9.8 CRITICAL

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