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CVE-2014-5180

SQL injection vulnerability in the videos page in the HDW Player Plugin (hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery) 2.4.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in the edit action to…

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.31%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the videos page in the HDW Player Plugin (hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery) 2.4.2 for WordPress allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter in the edit action to wp-admin/admin.php.

CVSS 2.0
6.5 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.31% probability · 83th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 May 2014
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
hdwplayer/hdw-player-video-player-video-gallery
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 2.31%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 2.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-39280source ↗WordPress Plugin HDW Player - '/wp-admin/admin.php' SQL Injectionphp · Anant Shrivastavawebapps28 May 2014yes

References

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