Page Views Count Plugin <= 2.4.14 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2022-0434
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	February 1, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Krzysztof Zając

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

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	page-views-count (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.4.15
Patched Version	2.4.15

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