Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers WordPress Popup Builder SQL Injection Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in Sygnoos Popup Builder plugin for WordPress.

Sygnoos Popup Builder help poping up anything , create and manage powerful promotion modal popups for your WordPress blog or website. Powerful, and yet, easy to use this plugin that will help you to grab your visitors' attention to introduce them your offers, discounts or other kind of promotional notices.

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Sygnoos Popup Builder plugin through 3.44 for WordPress. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system via com/libs/Table.php.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

WordPress.Sygnoos.PopupBuilder.SQL.Injection

Users should apply patch provided by Sygnoos

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Sygnoos on 26 July, 2019

Sygnoos confirmed the vulnerability on 29 July, 2019

Sygnoos released patch for the vulnerability on 06 August, 2019

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Tin Duong of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs

IPS Subscription

Fortinet customers who subscribe to Fortinet's intrusion prevention (IPS) service should be protected against this vulnerability with the appropriate configuration parameters in place. Fortinet's IPS service is one component of FortiGuard Subscription Services, which also offer comprehensive solutions such as antivirus, Web content filtering and antispam capabilities. These services enable protection against threats on both application and network layers. FortiGuard Services are continuously updated by FortiGuard Labs, which enables Fortinet to deliver a combination of multi-layered security intelligence and true zero-day protection from new and emerging threats. These updates are delivered to all FortiGate, FortiMail and FortiClient products. Fortinet strictly follows responsible disclosure guidelines to ensure optimum protection during a threat's lifecycle.