SB2017030201 - SQL Injection in NextGEN Gallery for WordPress

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) SQL injection (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in web application database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data passed via URL within

nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/nextgen_gallery_display/package.module.nextgen_gallery_display.php

script. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP GET request to vulnerable application and execute arbitrary SQL commands in backend database.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may lead to website compromise.

Exploitation example:

 http://[host]/2017/01/17/new-one/nggallery/tags/test%251%24%25s))%20or%201=1%23

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://blog.sucuri.net/2017/02/sql-injection-vulnerability-nextgen-gallery-wordpress.html
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/