On June 9, 2021, a 10up Engineer conducted a routine code review of the FileBird plugin on behalf of a client. The code review followed 10up’s Engineering Best Practices and focused on areas that did not pass our initial automated scans. It uncovered that the code was vulnerable to a Blind SQL Injection attack — a clever type of exploit that involves sending “yes or no” questions to MySQL to extract information from the database when it cannot be output directly to the browser.
That same day, our team responsibly disclosed the vulnerability. We reached out to the team at WPScan, who we’ve previously collaborated with on our WP-CLI Vulnerability Scanner and WordPress Composer Scanner, to report the vulnerability and collaborate on disclosure.
The FileBird plugin authors responded quickly and responsibly, and issued a patch within 36 hours.
This is a critical vulnerability that only impacts version 4.7.3 of the FileBird plugin. It does not impact any previous versions and has been patched in version 4.7.4. All users of FileBird version 4.7.3 are advised to upgrade immediately.
Source and more details: https://10up.com/blog/2021/security-vulnerability-filebird-wordpress-plugin/