VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-5640
The Article Analytics WordPress plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection vulnerability.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.01%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.01%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Article Analytics WordPress plugin does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.01% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- dguzun/article analytics
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://devl00p.github.io/posts/Injection-SQL-dans-le-plugin-Wordpress-Article-Analytics/Exploit
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9a383ef5-0f1a-4894-8f78-845abcb5062dExploit, Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://devl00p.github.io/posts/Injection-SQL-dans-le-plugin-Wordpress-Article-Analytics/Exploit
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9a383ef5-0f1a-4894-8f78-845abcb5062dExploit, Product, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.