Description
The "Sql Run Query" panel in WP-DBManager (aka Database Manager) plugin before 2.7.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging failure to sufficiently limit queries, as demonstrated by use of LOAD_FILE in an INSERT statement.
References
- https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-dbmanager/commit/7037fa8f61644098044379190d1d4bf1883b8e4a
- http://www.vapid.dhs.org/advisories/wordpress/plugins/wp-dbmanager-2.7.1/index.html
- dbmgr-wordpress-cve20148336-file-download(97694) vdb-entry
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dbmanager/#developers
- [oss-security] 20141021 Re: Vulnerabilities in WordPress Database Manager v2.7.1 mailing-list