Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox <= 1.4.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

9.8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2023-1020
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published April 3, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researchers Simone Onofri
Donato Onofri

Description

The Steveas WP Live Chat Shoutbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via several parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-shoutbox-live-chat (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 1.4.2

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