CVE-2021-36916 (GCVE-0-2021-36916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-24 16:29 – Updated: 2025-03-28 16:45
VLAI?
Title
WordPress Hide My WP premium plugin <= 6.2.3 - Unauthenticated SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpWave Hide My WP (WordPress plugin) Affected: <= 6.2.3 , ≤ 6.2.3 (custom)
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Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Dave Jong (Patchstack).
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