Wow Viral Signups 2.1 WordPress Plugin SQL Injection
CVE-2017-20245

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Wow Viral Signups
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 June 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2017-20245?

Wow Viral Signups 2.1 WordPress plugin contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to extract database information by exploiting the unescaped 'idsignup' POST parameter. Attackers can send crafted requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with malicious SQL payloads in the 'idsignup' parameter to read arbitrary data from the database.

Affected Version(s)

Wow Viral Signups 2.1

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2017-20245 - Proof of Concept

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41921
exploit
http://wow-company.com/
product
https://tad.group
product

CVSS V4

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

TAD GROUP
.