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SQL Injection in HTML5 Video Player WordPress Plugin

High

Synopsis

A researcher at Tenable discovered an unauthenticated SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in the HTML5 Video Player WordPress plugin.

The SQLi exists because of a lack of validation of the parameter 'id'  used in the 'get_view' function which is accessible without authentication.

Proof Of Concept:

The vulnerability can be reproduced by performing the following GET HTTP request against a WordPress instance using a vulnerable version of the plugin and noticing the delayed response :

http://WORDPRESS/?rest_route=/h5vp/v1/view/1&id=1'+AND+(SELECT+1+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(5)))a)--+-

Solution

Vendor did not acknowledge vulnerability but the issue seems to have been fixed in version 2.5.25.

Disclosure Timeline

22 November 2023 - Tenable requests security contact from vendor
22 November 2023 - Vendor provides security contact to Tenable
22 November 2023 - Tenable provides vulnerability details to the vendor security contact
29 November 2023 - Tenable sends a second notification attempt to the vendor security contact
8 January 2024 - Tenable third attempt to notify vendor security contact
15 January 2024 - Tenable last attempt to contact the original support email which provided the unresponsive security contact
16 January 2024 - Tenable notifies WordPress security team about the plugin security issue

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Risk Information

CVE ID: CVE-2024-1061
Tenable Advisory ID: TRA-2024-02
Credit:
Joshua Martinelle
CVSSv3 Base / Temporal Score:
8.6 / 8.2
CVSSv3 Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
HTML5 Video Player WordPress Plugin < 2.5.25
Risk Factor:
High

Advisory Timeline

January 30, 2024 - Initial release