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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-9418

SQL injection vulnerability in the WP-Testimonials plugin 3.4.1 for WordPress allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the testid parameter to wp-admin/admin.php.

EXPLOITHIGH 8.8EPSS 2.39%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 2.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the WP-Testimonials plugin 3.4.1 for WordPress allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the testid parameter to wp-admin/admin.php.

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.39% probability · 84th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 3 June 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
goldplugins/testimonials plugin easy testimonials
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 2.39%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 2.4% since 27 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-42166source ↗WordPress Plugin WP-Testimonials < 3.4.1 - SQL Injectionphp · Dimitrios Tsagkarakiswebapps3 June 2017no

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