📄 Description (English)
The Shipping Rate By Cities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'city' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
The Shipping Rate By Cities WordPress plugin (versions ≤2.0.0) contains a critical SQL Injection vulnerability in the 'city' parameter that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive database information. This vulnerability affects any WordPress installation using this plugin without proper input validation. Immediate patching or plugin removal is required to prevent unauthorized data access and potential database compromise.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 2, 2026 00:54
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses significant risk to Saudi e-commerce and retail sectors, particularly small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) using WordPress for online sales platforms. Banking and financial institutions processing payments through affected WordPress sites face exposure of customer financial data and transaction records. Government e-commerce portals and healthcare providers offering online services are at risk of data breach. Telecommunications companies with online ordering systems and ARAMCO-affiliated supply chain platforms using this plugin could experience database compromise. The vulnerability enables extraction of customer PII, payment information, and business-critical data without authentication.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
E-commerce and Retail
Banking and Financial Services
Government and Public Administration
Healthcare and Medical Services
Telecommunications
Energy and Utilities
Supply Chain and Logistics
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all WordPress installations using Shipping Rate By Cities plugin via admin dashboard or WP-CLI command: wp plugin list
2. Disable the plugin immediately: wp plugin deactivate shipping-rate-by-cities
3. Review database access logs for suspicious SQL queries containing UNION, SELECT, or comment syntax in the past 30 days
PATCHING:
1. Update plugin to version 2.0.1 or later: wp plugin update shipping-rate-by-cities
2. Verify update completion and re-enable only after patching
3. Test functionality on staging environment before production deployment
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patch unavailable):
1. Implement Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules blocking SQL injection patterns in 'city' parameter
2. Apply database user principle of least privilege - restrict plugin database user to SELECT-only permissions
3. Enable WordPress security plugin with SQL injection detection (Wordfence, Sucuri)
4. Implement input validation at application level using prepared statements
DETECTION:
1. Monitor database logs for: UNION SELECT, OR 1=1, SLEEP(), BENCHMARK() in city parameter
2. Alert on multiple failed database queries from single IP
3. Track database user activity for unusual SELECT queries on wp_users, wp_postmeta tables
4. Review WordPress error logs for database connection errors
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. تحديد جميع تثبيتات WordPress التي تستخدم مكون Shipping Rate By Cities عبر لوحة التحكم أو أوامر WP-CLI
2. تعطيل المكون فوراً: wp plugin deactivate shipping-rate-by-cities
3. مراجعة سجلات الوصول إلى قاعدة البيانات للاستعلامات SQL المريبة في آخر 30 يوماً
التصحيح:
1. تحديث المكون إلى الإصدار 2.0.1 أو أحدث
2. التحقق من اكتمال التحديث وإعادة تفعيل المكون بعد التصحيح فقط
3. اختبار الوظائف في بيئة الاختبار قبل النشر في الإنتاج
الضوابط البديلة (إذا لم يكن التصحيح متاحاً):
1. تطبيق قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب لحجب أنماط حقن SQL
2. تطبيق مبدأ أقل صلاحية لمستخدم قاعدة البيانات
3. تفعيل مكون أمان WordPress مع كشف حقن SQL
4. تطبيق التحقق من المدخلات على مستوى التطبيق
الكشف:
1. مراقبة سجلات قاعدة البيانات للاستعلامات المريبة
2. تنبيهات على استعلامات قاعدة البيانات المتعددة الفاشلة من عنوان IP واحد
3. تتبع نشاط مستخدم قاعدة البيانات للاستعلامات غير العادية
4. مراجعة سجلات أخطاء WordPress
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.5.1.1 - Information Security Policies and Procedures
A.6.2.1 - Access Control Implementation
A.8.2.1 - User Endpoint Devices
A.12.2.1 - Change Management
A.12.6.1 - Management of Technical Vulnerabilities
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.GV-1 - Organizational processes to manage cybersecurity risk
PR.AC-1 - Access control policy and procedures
PR.PT-1 - Security awareness and training
DE.CM-8 - Vulnerability scans
RS.RP-1 - Response planning
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.5.1.1 - Policies for information security
A.6.1.1 - Information security roles and responsibilities
A.8.1.1 - User endpoint device policy
A.12.2.1 - Change management procedures
A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
Requirement 1.1 - Firewall configuration standards
Requirement 6.2 - Security patches and updates
Requirement 6.5.1 - Injection flaws prevention
Requirement 11.2 - Vulnerability scanning