CVE-2024-1698

published 2024-02-27

CVE-2024-1698: The NotificationX – Best FOMO, Social Proof, WooCommerce Sales Popup & Notification Bar Plugin With Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL…

Priority P1 90 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 Initial access

The NotificationX – Best FOMO, Social Proof, WooCommerce Sales Popup & Notification Bar Plugin With Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'type' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
wpdeveloper	notificationx	< 2.8.3	2.8.3

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

other type parameter SQL Injection (unauthenticated) in NotificationX <= 2.8.2↗

• → Monitor for unauthenticated HTTP requests targeting the NotificationX plugin endpoint with a manipulated 'type' parameter containing SQL metacharacters or appended SQL statements (e.g., UNION SELECT, stacked queries). ↗
• → Successful exploitation returns HTTP 200 with a JSON body containing {"success":true} and Content-Type application/json — use these response characteristics to identify successful blind/error-based SQLi probes.
• → Flag WordPress installations running NotificationX plugin versions up to and including 2.8.2 as vulnerable; prioritize patching or WAF coverage for the 'type' parameter on all plugin-exposed REST/AJAX endpoints. ↗

• · The nuclei-style template digest/signature is present in the source, suggesting an automated scanner template exists for this CVE. Defenders should expect automated exploitation attempts at scale.
• · The vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated attackers, meaning no credentials or session tokens are required — no authentication bypass step precedes the SQL injection. ↗

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

vulncheck 9.8 CRITICAL

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