THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-14230
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-14230

Onionbuzz vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in the Viral Quiz Maker - OnionBuzz plugin before 1.2.7 for WordPress. One could exploit the id parameter in the set_count ajax nopriv handler due to there being no sanitization prior to use in a SQL query in saveQuestionVote. This allows an unauthenticated/unprivileged user to perform a SQL injection attack capable of remote code execution and information disclosure.
Affected vendor
Onionbuzz
Affected product
Onionbuzz
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2019-07-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-14230

  • Confirm whether Onionbuzz Onionbuzz is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-14230.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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