Description

Subscriber SQL Injection in If-So Dynamic Content Personalization <= 1.10 versions.

Executive Summary

Technical Details

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{
  "score": "9.3",
  "pubDate": "2026-08-13T14:17:05.893Z",
  "pubdate": "2026-08-13T14:17:05.893Z",
  "executiveSummary": "A Subscriber SQL Injection vulnerability has been identified in the If-So Dynamic Content Personalization plugin for WordPress, specifically affecting versions 1.10 and below. This security flaw enables authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges to manipulate SQL queries executed by the application against the underlying database management system. The primary impact of this vulnerability includes unauthorized database access, potential data exfiltration, information disclosure, and possible modification or deletion of database contents depending on database user privileges. The affected systems comprise WordPress installations running vulnerable versions of the If-So Dynamic Content Personalization plugin. The risk implications are severe, as an attacker possessing low-privileged subscriber access can leverage this vector to escalate their privileges, extract sensitive application data, or compromise the integrity of the host environment. Exploitation requirements mandate that the attacker possesses authenticated subscriber access to the target WordPress site, allowing them to interact with vulnerable plugin endpoints or input handling mechanisms that fail to adequately sanitize or parameterize user-supplied data before incorporating it into database queries.",
  "technicalDetails": "The root cause of the vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of special elements used in SQL commands, commonly referred to as SQL Injection. The If-So Dynamic Content Personalization plugin fails to properly validate, sanitize, or parameterize user-supplied input within its database query generation routines for versions 1.10 and below. Specifically, input parameters processed by the plugin are directly concatenated or unsafely interpolated into SQL statements executed via the database abstraction layer, allowing malicious database commands to be injected.\nThe vulnerable component resides within the query handling and dynamic content rendering logic of the If-So Dynamic Content Personalization plugin. Network exposure is present via the standard HTTP/HTTPS interfaces exposed by the WordPress application where authenticated subscribers can submit requests containing malicious payloads. Authentication requirements dictate that the user must hold at least a subscriber-level account on the WordPress site, establishing privilege requirements at the low-privileged authenticated user tier.\nThe attack flow proceeds as follows. First, the authenticated attacker, operating with subscriber privileges, crafts a malicious HTTP request targeting a vulnerable endpoint or functionality within the If-So Dynamic Content Personalization plugin. This request embeds a specially crafted SQL injection payload within parameters that are subsequently processed by the backend database interaction routines. Second, the vulnerable component receives the input and fails to apply adequate input validation or parameterized querying techniques, directly incorporating the malicious string into the SQL query structure. Third, the database management system executes the resulting malicious query, interpreting the injected SQL commands alongside the intended logic.\nThe payload behavior involves manipulating the query logic to extract sensitive database contents, such as user credentials, password hashes, site configuration data, or other restricted information stored within the WordPress database tables. Post-exploitation impact encompasses unauthorized data exfiltration, potential compromise of other user accounts through credential harvesting, and in certain database configurations, the execution of stacked queries or interactions with the underlying operating system if database user privileges are overly permissive."
}