SQL Injection Vulnerability in Slimstat Analytics for WordPress
CVE-2023-4598

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Slimstat Analytics
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 October 2023

What is CVE-2023-4598?

The Slimstat Analytics plugin for WordPress suffers from a SQL Injection vulnerability due to inadequate escaping of user-supplied parameters and insufficient preparation of the SQL query. Authenticated users with contributor-level rights or higher can exploit this flaw to inject malicious queries, potentially exposing sensitive database information. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 5.0.9.

Affected Version(s)

Slimstat Analytics * <= 5.0.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-slimstat/ta...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Chloe Chamberland
Lana Codes
.