The SQL injection vulnerability in the Hide My WP...
Critical severity
Unreviewed
Published
Nov 25, 2021
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 1, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 24, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Nov 25, 2021
Last updated
Feb 1, 2023
The SQL injection vulnerability in the Hide My WP WordPress plugin (versions <= 6.2.3) is possible because of how the IP address is retrieved and used inside a SQL query. The function "hmwp_get_user_ip" tries to retrieve the IP address from multiple headers, including IP address headers that the user can spoof, such as "X-Forwarded-For." As a result, the malicious payload supplied in one of these IP address headers will be directly inserted into the SQL query, making SQL injection possible.
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