Vulnerability · Published Mar 7, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-0434Page Views Count < 2.4.15 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity SQL injection in Page View Count from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 14.8% (higher than 97% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)14.8%top 3.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.15 does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could perform SQL injection attacks

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Page View Count 2.4.15 – before 2.4.15

Weakness: CWE-89

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