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Counter Box – WordPress plugin for countdown, timer, counter, cfe2da43056241c4303faf595a6ccc93f16fd6b6

Published on
Jul 08, 2022
Research Description
Counter Box – Add Countdowns, Timers &amp; Dynamic Counters to WordPress [counter-box] < 1.2.1 Counter Box – WordPress plugin for countdown, timer, counter <= 1.2 - SQL Injection The Counter Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based blind SQL Injection via the ‘s’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Affected versions
max 1.2.1.
Status
vulnerable