Check Point Advisories

WordPress Hide My WP Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2021-36916)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2021-0928
Date Published:	21 Dec 2021
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 21 December, 2021
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2021-36916
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress Hide My WP Plugin up to and including version 6.2.3
Vulnerability Description	An SQL injection vulnerability exists in WordPress Hide My WP Plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the affected system.

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 R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Hide My WP Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2021-36916) 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 Hide My WP Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2021-36916)