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Secunia Security Advisory 51942

Secunia Security Advisory 51942
Posted Jan 31, 2013
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WordPress Poll plugin for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.

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Secunia Security Advisory 51942

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The final version of the CSI 6.0 has been released.
Find out why this is not just another Patch Management solution: http://secunia.com/blog/325/

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TITLE:
WordPress Poll Plugin "poll_id" and "pollid" SQL Injection
Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51942

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/51942/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=51942

RELEASE DATE:
2013-01-30

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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the WordPress Poll plugin
for WordPress, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct
SQL injection attacks.

1) Input passed via the "poll_id" POST parameter to
wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (when "action" is set set to
"view_poll_result" or "submit_vote") is not properly sanitised before
being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL
queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

2) Input passed via the "pollid" POST parameter to
wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (when "action" is set to "deletepoll",
"editpoll", "update_answer", "delete_answer", "add_answer",
"save_changes", or "view_poll_logs") is not properly sanitised before
being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate SQL
queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

Successful exploitation of vulnerabilities #1 and #2 may require the
"nonce" value to be known via e.g. previously initiating a vote
submission via the plugin.

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 34.06. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
No official solution is currently available.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Marcela Benetrix.
2) Disclosed within a SVN commit.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Marcela Benetrix:
http://www.girlinthemiddle.net/2013/01/multiple-sql-injection-vulnerabilities.html

WordPress Poll Plugin:
http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/617235/cardoza-wordpress-poll/trunk/app/CWPController.class.php

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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About:
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Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
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