CVE-2022-3768

published 2022-11-28

CVE-2022-3768: The WPSmartContracts WordPress plugin before 1.3.12 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL…

Priority P2 63 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

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

EXPLOIT

The WPSmartContracts WordPress plugin before 1.3.12 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as author

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
wpsmartcontracts	wpsmartcontracts	< 1.3.12	1.3.12

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

sigma

- 'status_code_2 == 200'
- 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
- 'contains(body_2, "Batch Mint NFTs")'

• → The SQL injection is exploitable by low-privileged users (author role and above); monitor for anomalous SQL query patterns originating from authenticated low-privilege WordPress accounts interacting with the WPSmartContracts plugin. ↗
• → Detection fingerprint for vulnerable WPSmartContracts installations: HTTP 200 response with content-type text/html containing the string 'Batch Mint NFTs' in the body.
• → Target plugin version range: WPSmartContracts versions prior to 1.3.12 are vulnerable; flag installations running these versions.

• · The nuclei/detection template digest should be validated before operational use to ensure template integrity.

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