{"id":22369,"date":"2025-04-12T22:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T22:59:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:03:16","slug":"cve-2023-6373-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-artplacer-widget-wordpress-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-6373-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-artplacer-widget-wordpress-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2023-6373: SQL Injection Vulnerability in ArtPlacer Widget WordPress Plugin<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the realm of cybersecurity, one vulnerability that has recently come to light is the CVE-2023-6373, a significant security flaw found in the ArtPlacer Widget WordPress plugin. This vulnerability affects all versions of this plugin prior to 2.20.7. The issue lies in the plugin&#8217;s inability to sanitize and escape the &#8220;id&#8221; parameter before querying, making it prone to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-47460-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-knovos-discovery-v-22-67-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"27374\">SQL Injection<\/a> (SQLI) exploit. This is particularly concerning for website owners and developers using WordPress and the ArtPlacer Widget plugin, as a successful exploit can potentially compromise the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0572-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29011\">system or lead<\/a> to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2023-6373<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (exploitable by editors and above)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0576-critical-vulnerability-in-totolink-lr1200gb-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29403\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2962612015\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>ArtPlacer Widget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-6220-piotnet-forms-plugin-vulnerability-in-wordpress-allows-arbitrary-file-uploads\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34541\">WordPress Plugin<\/a> | Before 2.20.7<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the fact that the ArtPlacer Widget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2007-wordpress-plugin-vulnerability-leads-to-arbitrary-file-deletion-and-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"34607\">WordPress plugin<\/a> does not properly sanitize and escape the &#8220;id&#8221; parameter before querying. This allows an attacker to manipulate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-24869-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wp-fastest-cache-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29831\">SQL query by injecting<\/a> malicious SQL code. Compounding the problem, there is also a lack of Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) check, which means the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-50931-csrf-vulnerability-in-savignano-s-notify-allows-configuration-tampering\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31971\">vulnerability could be exploited through a CSRF<\/a> against a logged-in editor or higher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4079157262\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>A hypothetical exploitation could look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\naction=ap_widget_artwork&amp;ap_widget_artwork_id=1 UNION SELECT user_login, user_pass FROM wp_users WHERE ID = 1<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-49589-the-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-targeting-web-based-applications\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26037\">code sends a HTTP request targeting<\/a> the WordPress AJAX endpoint. The &#8220;id&#8221; parameter is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/unmasking-tcesb-malware-a-deep-analysis-of-active-attacks-exploiting-eset-security-scanner\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26591\">exploited with a SQL union-based attack<\/a>, which could potentially dump the login credentials of the site&#8217;s administrative user.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-51063-understanding-and-mitigating-a-dom-based-xss-vulnerability-in-qstar-archive-solutions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"27052\">mitigate the CVE-2023-6373 vulnerability<\/a>, users should apply the patch provided by the ArtPlacer Widget plugin vendor as soon as possible. If unable to apply the patch immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary solution. These tools can help detect and block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-3211-unauthenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-database-administrator-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29965\">SQL Injection<\/a> attacks. Furthermore, users are advised to always keep all their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2005-critical-vulnerability-in-the-wordpress-plugin-front-end-users-feup\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26013\">WordPress plugins up-to-date to avoid similar vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the realm of cybersecurity, one vulnerability that has recently come to light is the CVE-2023-6373, a significant security flaw found in the ArtPlacer Widget WordPress plugin. This vulnerability affects all versions of this plugin prior to 2.20.7. The issue lies in the plugin&#8217;s inability to sanitize and escape the &#8220;id&#8221; parameter before querying, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[90,74],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-22369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-csrf","attack_vector-sql-injection"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22369"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30393,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22369\/revisions\/30393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=22369"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=22369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}