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16 known vulnerabilities affect 2.5.2, the latest version in the repository.
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Files scanned2K
Findings reviewed19
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Known vulnerabilities
Public vulnerability reports for wpDataTables, the versions they affect and the version in this repository that fixes them. Watchers and accounts known to run an affected version are alerted.
The vendor fixed it in 6.5.1.5; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.1.4. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Remediation: Update to version 6.5.1.5, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The vendor fixed it in 7.5.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 7.5.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Remediation: Update to version 7.5.2, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The vendor fixed it in 6.5.1.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.5.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Remediation: Update to version 6.5.1.2, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The vendor fixed it in 7.4.1; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 7.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Remediation: Update to version 7.4.1, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
The vendor fixed it in 7.4; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 7.3.6 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. This only affects the premium version of the software, which shares a slug with the free version.
Remediation: Update to version 7.4, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
The vendor fixed it in 6.5.0.5; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.0.4. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the prepareCellOutput() method of the LinkWDTColumn, ImageWDTColumn, and EmailWDTColumn classes. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, given that they can trick an Administrator into importing data from an attacker-controlled source and the affected column types (Link, Image, or Email) are configured.
Remediation: Update to version 6.5.0.5, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The vendor fixed it in 6.5.0.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables (Premium) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 6.5.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other "safe" file types can be uploaded and included.
Remediation: Update to version 6.5.0.2, or a newer patched version
CWE-98: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program
The vendor fixed it in 6.3.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'id_key' parameter of the wdt_delete_table_row AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database. Please note this only affects the premium version of the plugin.
Remediation: Update to version 6.3.2, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
The vendor fixed it in 6.4; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on several functions in the wdt_ajax_actions.php file in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate data tables. Please note this only affects the premium version of the plugin.
Remediation: Update to version 6.4, or a newer patched version
The vendor fixed it in 3.4.2.14; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the CSV import functionality in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.2.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Remediation: Update to version 3.4.2.14, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The vendor fixed it in 3.4.2.5; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'A' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Remediation: Update to version 3.4.2.5, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The wpDataTables - Tables & Table Charts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in versions up to, and including, 2.1.65 via deserialization of untrusted input in multiple functions. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator capabilities to inject a PHP Object. The additional presence of a POP chain may allow attackers to delete arbitrary files.
Remediation: Update to version 2.1.66, or a newer patched version
The wpDataTables plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.1.49 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Remediation: Update to version 2.1.50, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The vendor fixed it in 3.4.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to access the data of another user that are present in the same table by taking over the user permissions on the table through formdata[wdt_ID] parameter. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to access and manage the data of all users in the same table. Please note that this only affects the premium version of the plugin which shares the same slug as the free version.
Remediation: Update to version 3.4.2, or a newer patched version
The vendor fixed it in 3.4.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 allows a low privilege authenticated user to perform Boolean-based blind SQL Injection in the table list page on the endpoint /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_wdtable&table_id=1, on the 'length' HTTP POST parameter. This allows an attacker to access all the data in the database and obtain access to the WordPress application. Please note that this only affects the premium version of the plugin which shares the same slug as the free version.
Remediation: Update to version 3.4.2, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
The vendor fixed it in 3.4.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to delete the data of another user that are present in the same table through id_key and id_val parameters. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to delete the data of all users in the same table. Please note that this only affects the premium version of the plugin which shares the same slug as the free version.
Remediation: Update to version 3.4.2, or a newer patched version
The vendor fixed it in 3.4.2; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 allows a low privilege authenticated user to perform Boolean-based blind SQL Injection in the table list page on the endpoint /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_wdtable&table_id=1, on the 'start' HTTP POST parameter. This allows an attacker to access all the data in the database and obtain access to the WordPress application. Please note that this only affects the premium version of the plugin which shares the same slug as the free version.
Remediation: Update to version 3.4.2, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
The vendor fixed it in 3.4.1; that version is not in the repository yet.
1 version in this repository is affected: 2.5.2
Details
wpDataTables before 3.4.1 mishandles order direction for server-side tables, aka admin-ajax.php?action=get_wdtable order[0][dir] SQL injection. Please note that this only affects the premium version of the plugin which shares the same slug as the free version.
Remediation: Update to version 3.4.1, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
SQL injection vulnerability in the wpDataTables Lite Version 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.
Remediation: Update to version 2.0.12, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
Cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpDataTables Lite Version 2.0.11 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Remediation: Update to version 2.0.12, or a newer patched version
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
The wpDataTables plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the (1) wdt_upload_file function and in the (2) lib/upload/UploadHandler.php file in versions before 1.5.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.
Remediation: Update to version 1.5.4, or a newer patched version
CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
SQL injection vulnerability in wpdatatables.php in the wpDataTables plugin 1.5.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the table_id parameter in a get_wdtable action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.
Remediation: Update to version 1.5.4, or a newer patched version
CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
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