Check Point Advisories

WordPress Symposium Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2015-6522)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2016-1095
Date Published:	8 Dec 2016
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 08 December, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2015-6522
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress Symposium Plugin <= 15.5.1
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability exists in the WordPress Symposium Plugin. It allows an authenticated remote attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, allowing for the manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Symposium Plugin SQL Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress Symposium Plugin SQL Injection