############################# Exploit Title : SQl INJECTION AJAX Post Search --- wordpress plugin--- Author:Marcela Benetrix home:www.girlinthemiddle.net Date: 10/12/12 version: 1.1 software link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cardoza-ajax-search/ ############################# AJAX Post Search wordpress plugin description This plugin will allow your website visitors to search the posts of your site without page refresh. ########################## SQL (blind) injection description The problem was located in :cardoza_ajax_search.php file, to be more specific the_search_function() . I could see that the srch_txt field hadn't been sanitized. POC: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php/?srch_txt='or 1=1-- &action=the_search_text via ajax it is possible to access the database and as a consequence get user information such as usernames, passwords among other data ########################## Vendor Notification 10/12/2012 to: the developer. He replied immediately and fixed the problem. posted in plugin track repository http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1588 Because of it, a new version has been released