[FD] DefenseCode ThunderScan SAST Advisory: WordPress Testimonial Slider Plugin SQL injection Security Vulnerability

DefenseCode ThunderScan SAST Advisory: WordPress Testimonial Slider          Plugin SQL injection Security Vulnerability Advisory ID:    DC-2018-01-005 Advisory Title: WordPress Testimonial Slider Plugin SQL injection  Security Vulnerability Advisory URL:   http://ift.tt/2rhPqdW Software:       WordPress Testimonial Slider plugin Language:       PHP Version:        1.2.4 and below Vendor Status:  Vendor contacted, update released Release Date:   2018/01/10 Risk:           Medium 1. General Overview =================== During the security audit of Testimonial Slider plugin for WordPress CMS, security vulnerability was discovered using DefenseCode ThunderScan application source code security analysis platform. More information about ThunderScan is available at URL: http://ift.tt/Vn2J4r 2. Software Overview ==================== According to the plugin developers, Testimonial Slider shows the testimonials and feedbacks submitted by your Happy Customers in a clean, responsive and beautiful Slider format. The "Testimonials" are a Custom Post Type so it is very easy to add, modify and delete testimonials. According to wordpress.org, it has more than 10 000 active installs. Homepage: http://ift.tt/2CKHIuL http://ift.tt/2DgSRoi 3. Vulnerability Description ============================ During the security analysis, ThunderScan discovered SQL injection vulnerability in Testimonial Slider WordPress plugin. The easiest way to reproduce the vulnerability is to visit the provided URL while being logged in as administrator or another user that is authorized to access the plugin settings page. Users that do not have full administrative privileges could abuse the database access the vulnerability provides to either escalate their privileges or obtain and modify database contents they were not supposed to be able to. Due to the missing nonce token, the vulnerable code is also directly exposed to attack vectors such as Cross Site request forgery (CSRF). 3.1. SQL injection   Function: $wpdb->query();   Variable: POST['current_slider_id'];   Vulnerable URL: http://ift.tt/2mnuSML   File: smooth-slider-forks\testimonial-slider\settings\sliders.php        

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