{"id":"CVE-2017-9834","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9834","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:16:49.394Z","title":"SQL injection vulnerability in the WatuPRO plugin before 5.5.3.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the watupro_questions parameter in a watupro_submit action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.","description":"SQL injection vulnerability in the WatuPRO plugin before 5.5.3.7 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the watupro_questions parameter in a watupro_submit action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.","published":"2017-09-07T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:29:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["calendarscripts/watupro"],"epss":{"score":0.04069,"percentile":0.90619,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.02785,"percentile":0.85698},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.04069,"percentile":0.90223}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-07-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":42291,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin WatuPRO 5.5.1 - SQL Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42291","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/42291.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/42291.txt","published":"2017-07-03","added":"2017-07-03","updated":"2017-08-10","author":"Manich  Koomsusi","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-9834"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is critical, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8897","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42291/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8897","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42291/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9834","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}