CVE-2023-2655 (GCVE-0-2023-2655)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-16 15:55 – Updated: 2025-06-02 15:10
VLAI?
Summary
The Contact Form by WD WordPress plugin through 1.13.23 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin
Severity ?
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b3f2d38f-8eeb-45… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Contact Form by WD Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.13.23 (semver)
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Credits
killr00t WPScan
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