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Possible site takeover through stolen API credentials in combination with SQLi – (WPRemote <= 5.09)

Calvin Alkan

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Affected pluginWPRemote
Active installs20,000+
Vulnerable version<= 5.09
Audited version5.09
Fully patched version5.16
Recommended remediationRemoval of the plugin

Description

This vulnerability is identical to this one in MalCare because MalCare and WPRemote share 99% of their codebase.

Proof of concept

Refer to this POC and use “wpremote” in step 4. instead of “malcare”.

Proposed patch

Refer to this proposed patch.

Timeline

Refer to this timeline.

Miscellaneous

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