Small Package Quotes – Purolator Edition WordPress Plugin SQL Injection Vulnerability

A SQL injection vulnerability has been identified in the Small Package Quotes – Purolator Edition plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions through 3.6.4. The vulnerability arises from inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters in the SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject additional SQL commands. Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information in the database.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for SQL injection, where an attacker can manipulate SQL queries to extract sensitive data from the database.

Reproduction

The vulnerability can be reproduced by sending a request to the WordPress site with the 'edit_id' or 'dropship_edit_id' parameters. These parameters are not properly sanitized, allowing for the injection of malicious SQL code that could be executed by the database.

Remediation

Users are advised to update the Small Package Quotes – Purolator Edition WordPress plugin to version 3.6.5 or later.