CVE-2023-5640 (GCVE-0-2023-5640)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-20 18:55 – Updated: 2024-08-02 08:07
VLAI
Title
Article Analytics <= 1.0 - Unauthenticated SQL injection
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Article analytics Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0 (semver)
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Credits
Nicolas Surribas WPScan
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