SAMO Forms Plugin SQL Injection via Unauthenticated Actions

The SAMO Forms WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not properly sanitise and escape user input before using it in SQL queries in several unauthenticated actions, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.

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Analysis

The SAMO Forms WordPress plugin through version 1.0.0 contains a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) in multiple unauthenticated actions that fail to properly sanitize and escape user input before incorporating it into SQL queries. This flaw is particularly dangerous because it requires no authentication, meaning any internet-facing WordPress installation running the vulnerable plugin is exposed to exploitation. Attackers can craft malicious input through form parameters to extract sensitive data, modify database contents, or potentially achieve remote code execution. Organizations relying on this plugin for form processing—common in WordPress deployments across small businesses, agencies, and enterprises—face direct risk to their databases, user information, and site integrity.

Casky's 323 matching security skills leverage Claude's extended reasoning to detect the attack patterns underlying this vulnerability across MITRE ATT&CK techniques TA0001 (Initial Access) and TA0043 (Reconnaissance). Practitioners using the platform would observe detection signals including: unauthenticated HTTP requests with SQL metacharacters in form parameters (UNION, SELECT, OR 1=1 patterns), abnormal database query patterns deviating from legitimate form submissions, and backend logs revealing error messages that leak database schema information—all indicators of reconnaissance and exploitation attempts. Casky's skill-mapped analysis would correlate these indicators with known SQL injection payloads, helping security teams identify compromise attempts before data exfiltration occurs and prioritize patching WordPress installations running SAMO Forms.

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MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

TA0001 TA0043

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